Mangaluru, Nov 24: Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader has deputy commissioners have been authorized to appoint retired specialist doctors aged between 60 and 65 years on contract basis in government hospitals in their jurisdictions in Karnataka.
Speaking to media persons in the city on Monday the minister said that the decision intents address the shortage of specialist doctors. “Many retired doctors are eager to utilize this opportunity,” he said.
He said that over 1,500 posts of specialists including gynecologists, aestheticians and pediatricians remain vacant in community health centres, general hospitals and district hospitals across Karnataka.
“To address this shortage we will appoint retired doctors on special monthly honorarium basis for a period of three years, or till further orders,” he said.
He said retired gynecologists, aestheticians and pediatricians will be appointed on contract for a monthly honorarium of Rs 50,000. If a retired specialist is willing to work on a case to case basis, then the department will absorb with a monthly retainer payment of Rs 5,000. They will be eligible to get Rs 1,500 in case of caesarian operation for gynecologists, Rs 1,000 for aestheticians and Rs 500 for pediatricians. Apart from this, doctors, who are willing to work in outpatient departments, will be paid Rs 1,000 per day under Karnataka Health System Development and Reform Project, he said.
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