Govt considering DACP for doctors: Minister

Expressbuzz, March 13, 2010
BHUBANESWAR: Health and Family Welfare Minister Prasanna Acharya today informed the Assembly that the State Government is considering reintroduction of ad hoc appointment of doctors and implementation of dynamic assured career progression (DACP) for them as per the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.


To a question from Jitu Patnaik (Ind) and supplementaries, the Minister, however, said that the State Government had not given written assurance to the doctors for implementation of DACP during negotiation to end their ceasework.

Besides, introduction of appointment of ad hoc doctors will also require Cabinet approval, he said.

Admitting that there are vacancies in the doctor posts across the State, the Minister said that the Orissa Public Service Commission (OPSC) had been requested to provide a further list of 600 to 650 doctors for appointment.

Appointments will be made as soon as the list is received from the OPSC, he said.

He said that the interview for selection of doctors for appointment to be conducted by the OPSC has been delayed because of shortage of staff in the commission.

He said that to attract doctors to join government service, their salary and allowances had been revised.

Besides, the State Government is also trying to solve the problem of stagnation in promotion of doctors. The entry level post has been upgraded to junior class one and promotion has been given to 274 doctors.

Criteria for promotion have also been relaxed, he said.

In response to supplementaries, the Minister said that 118 post-graduate doctors have joined duty while 100 more are doing PG courses. He said that some doctors from the State are working outside, a majority of them are doing their duty in Orissa.

The Minister said that the State Government had already appointed 408 doctors to be posted in KBK (undivided Kalahandi, Balangir and Koraput districts) and other tribal-dominated Naxalite- affected backward districts.

He said that the State Government had formulated a policy for the newly appointed doctors.

They have to serve a minimum of two years in tribal-dominated backward areas.