Doctors Association Kashmir, President Dr Suhail Naik took a very strong note of the adhoc arrangements of Hospital administrators. He said that “most of the Health sector in the valley is presently run by make shift arrangements by giving charge to medical officers as In-charge Block Medical officer’s(BMO’s), I/C Chief Medical Officer’s(CMO’s) or I/C Medical Superintendent’s(MS’s),this way they are not taking any decisions regarding policy matters and in turn the health sector suffers”.
Incharge officers are made without maintaining seniority or without any administrative experince where in a senior medical officer or consultant has to work under the so called In-charge BMO/CMO/MS etc which in turn kills the hierarchy of the setup and leads to administrative ineffectiveness and failures. “It has been seen that administrators are serving with “In charge” tag for years together without getting confirmed and this way they are always at the receiving end and if sometimes they fail to fulfil the obligation of higher up’s they are demoted, this is in the interest of administrators also if they get confirmed”, he further said. General Secretary DAK, Dr Owais H Dar added that “there should be a proper mechanism in place for their appointment and due weightage should be given to seniority, this way the favoritism and nepotism will come to an end which will ultimately benefit our health sector”.
Dr Owais Dar further said that it is because of this incharge system that Govt Dental College Srinagar has been turned into corruprion safe house and its pristine glory stands diluted. Immediate steps need to be taken so that future of UG and PG students of GDC Srinagar is put on right tract and, the pride and prestige of the institution restored. The honourable high court has recently directed the Health Department that Incharge system among BMO/CMO/Ms etc must be abolished and seniority to be restored by April 22-2018 DAK appeals the Hon’ble Health Minister, Mr Bali Bhagat's to intervene in this grave issue so that the Administrators work freely in developing health sector. Dr Masood Hassan Media incharge