CGHS doctors

Parliamentary panel red flags 30% posts of CGHS doctors, other staff lying vacant

Expressing concern that around 30 per cent of the sanctioned strength of doctors, paramedical and administrative staff for all CGHS set-ups in the country are lying vacant, a parliamentary committee on Thursday recommended the health ministry to complete the recruitment process expeditiously. “It is really worrisome that out of the sanctioned strength of 1,997 doctors, 490 posts are… Read More »

CGHS doctors now under scanner for prescribing expensive medicines

CGHS doesn’t have a formal system to know which doctors are prescribing drugs outside the formulary. This exercise would have to be done on manual basis and would be very time consuming even if resources for the same could be spared. Despite government’s stringent directions for doctors to prescribe cheaper generic medicines, the Union Health Ministry has failed… Read More »