17 Govt doctors engaged in private practice to face action

Lucknow: Despite the ban on private practice, 17 government doctors were found violating the rule, prompting the Uttar Pradesh government to initiate departmental action against them on Tuesday.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday initiated action against 17 doctors found engaging in private practice despite receiving a non-practising allowance.

According to the PTI report, In a post on X, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said he had directed the health department’s principal secretary to take departmental action against the accused doctors.

Government doctors in Uttar Pradesh are barred from engaging in private practice as they receive a non-practising allowance.

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However, reports of some doctors violating the rule led Pathak, who also holds the health and family welfare portfolio, to act.

An investigation found 10 doctors from Balrampur, six from Hathras, and one from Kushinagar engaging in private practice, he said.

Strict action, including suspensions or financial penalties, against the doctors involved in violating the service rules can be taken, officials said, reports PTI.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that two city-based doctors were found guilty of engaging in private practice while being employed at government healthcare centres. As a result, they have been transferred to remote locations and banned from private practice for five years. The doctors include Dr Pawan Kumar, Consultant Anaesthesia at Community Health Centre (CHC) Ramgarh and Dr Mohan Lal Attri, Consultant Surgeon at Community Health Centre (CHC) RS Pura. A recent order issued in this regard stated that the Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department ordered the transfer of Dr Pawar from CHC Rangarh to Sub-District Hospital, Paddar, Kishtwar and Dr Mohan from CHC RS Pura to CHC, Gandoh, with immediate effect.

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