Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh on Monday informed that the state government had constituted a recruitment board, which is a competent authority that is going to be sorting out the delays in calling for applications for various doctors and specialists.
Talking about the shortage of specialist doctors in the state, Lyngdoh said that the government is also sending doctors on short term courses and the first batch is completing its course now.
She also expressed concern over the unwillingness of many doctors to go for further specialisation, which will help in addressing the shortage of specialist doctors in the state.
“What I have found out from my tours is that many doctors are unwilling to go for further specialization. It seems like everybody is happy with just being a government doctor, with an MBBS certificate,” Lyngdoh said.
She said that this mood has to change. “The change cannot come from the government, it has to come from the doctors, who will be able to see the change firstly in themselves.”
Lyngdoh also said they have also seen that it is not so much the lack of specialists as in the lack of willingness to work hard.
“When you compare a government facility and a private facility there you see the stark and marked difference. We don’t know what it is, is it the salary that is too less? Is it the system that is two decadent and we need to do some quick soul searching,” she said.
According to her, going to every part of the state is one way for her to be exposed to all these shortcomings.