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DEHRADUN: The Doon Medical College and Hospital is in an urgent need of casualty medical officers to run its emergency ward.



Tribune News Service

Dehradun, December 3

The Doon Medical College and Hospital is in an urgent need of casualty medical officers to run its emergency ward. However, the efforts of the authorities to appoint three new doctors have not yielded results yet.

Despite a good response to the initial advertisement and selection of three doctors, only one, Dr HS Bhatia, has joined so far.

As the emergency faces a heavy rush almost everyday, there was an urgent need of at least three doctors but the efforts to appoint them on contractual basis have not proved fruitful.

“It is difficult to ascertain why the other two doctors have not joined,” said Dr KK Tamta, CMS of the hospital.

The emergency ward of the hospital caters to more than 400 patients on a daily basis, round the clock. The services of the doctors on casualty duty too have to be round the clock for which at least six doctors are required in three shifts. But there are only four casualty medical officers.

To offset the shortage, senior doctors have been asked to give duties which, at times, is not possible due to their preoccupation in their own departments.

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