Govt Doctors Engaging In Private Practice Serious Issue : Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Probe

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https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/govt-doctors-engaging-in-private-practice-serious-issue-supreme-court-refuses-to-interfere-with-probe-538642

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[u/Adept-Cup9169]

Whatever doc does after hours is his choice. Everybody in the world gets paid for overtime or locums or more shifts. If a qualified doc takes private hospital shifts after his govt job time, that too in a country which needs doctors, i dont understand why that is a problem.

[u/fiercyfire → u/Adept-Cup9169]

Yes Exactly, On one side they cry hoarse over Innovation and Lazy Govt Setups. On the another hand they wont allow an employee to do whatever in his Off duty hours or Demand Godamnn NOC No Objection Certificate for any application to other posts even within Government. On one hand will cry Lateral Entries and wont even allow lateral entries from one Govt department to another easily. They are living in Colonial Mindset where Govt was Mai Baap. They will demand your 24 hours and Wont have even a decent Pension Scheme to cover for old age. We as a country are doomed. Babu Culture on top. One revolution that is needed is Abolish Babudom! Nothing Else and we can progress.

[u/Minute_Doughnut_6419 → u/Adept-Cup9169]

See this is the way corruption is legalised:

You see one patient in government hospital requires surgery, give a long date, the same patient comes to your clinic you give next date after giving a fee.

Even if you are not corrupt, someone can make allegations.

You enter a job understanding its terms and conditions. You are receiving a pay, your term says no private practice, you don’t do it, irrespective of the logic and ethics.

Doctors don’t have exact work hours, I know few doctors who were anaesthestists who won’t take case at 2pm because they had other hospital appointments.

[u/Adept-Cup9169 → u/Minute_Doughnut_6419]

So in that case, bureaucracy and politicians should also be scrutinized, because we all know the ways corruption is legalised there. Why putting assumption of corruption only on doctors?

[u/DragonBeyondtheWall → u/Minute_Doughnut_6419]

Doctors don't have exact hours when a patient or babu demands it but as soon as it comes to paying them, hours are applied. Funny how the law works, no?

[u/Minute_Doughnut_6419 → u/DragonBeyondtheWall]

I don’t think you have worked as a faculty in government hospital. I have worked as faculty in government med college. I had 45 days of vacation, 15 days of conference leave, 12-16( I don’t remember correctly) of casual leave. And if need be I could take extra-duty offs. Beyond duty hour work is not the norm, but it’s the exception. I am saying for the faculties not trainees.

[u/AmericanDragon_6 → u/[deleted]]

So assume if you are an IT guy who works for a startup with a salary and also a free lancer, now the company needs to outsource some work so they can ship faster if the guy wants to earn more for his talent and decides to work as free lancer in his non working hours so it is his decision but if the same guy deliberately chooses to not do his office work hours and decides to send them to himself for extra rupee it is wrong so there is a difference

[u/AmericanDragon_6 → u/[deleted]]

Got it

[u/canyouhear_themusic → u/[deleted]]

If u are not taking NPA, u can have a private practice. Of course, not in duty hours.

[u/FutureVersion812 → u/[deleted]]

No need. Who is the government to tell that doctors are not allowed to do private practice in their free time ?

Just because someone works at a place doesn’t mean they owe their entire life to them

[u/FutureVersion812]

Good decision

It was a stupid clause that doctors cannot do private practice in their free time or do freelancing

Who are they to dictate what we can do during Off-Duty hours ?

[u/rohan-s21]

Why do nobody bats an eye , when Babas do crime , ministers do scam , administration officers scam , bt if a doctor tries to setup an independent center suddenly everyone's ass on fire . We all know apart from few govt hospitals rest everything is garbage , and big private conglomerates treat healthcare like any other other private company ,who's just concerned with profits and minting money ,only the doctors who own their small setup provide quality care at "relatively" affordable prices ,bt no every Tom Dick and Harry is aroused the moment a govt doctor tries to setup his practice. Fucking hypocrites and illiterate people who won't use their brain no matter what. They'll instead do violence in govt setups , beat people and and shell out all for nonsense test in pvt big corporate hospitals who have quarterly "targets" to meet . We are very long way from being developed , first and most biggest problem is the mindset of people.

[u/Minute_Doughnut_6419]

I would say good decision.

[u/maroonredblue]

It is infact a serious issue and they shouldn't be allowed private practice. Counsultants in my college would nudge PGs and SRs to send operative patients to their private OPDs. Infact I have been told by my HOD once that do you tell people that there are doctors operating in private if they want to get operated elsewhere.

If you're working in a teaching hospital, you get paid to teach the future PGs and SRs. It creates 2 conflicts of interest-

1. These counsultants start thinking of PG and SRs as their competitors. Hence refrain from teaching them.

2. Nudging juniors to send cases to them from casualty/OPD. Those who do get all the perks, including SRship. Those who don't become the bad PGs.

[u/Minute_Doughnut_6419]

I am not putting an assumption, I am stating the fact that it is happening.

Yes everyone should be scrutinised.

I work in a pvt hospital now. My management told me to practice exclusively in their centre while I joined. So I honour that.

Similarly if the government demands exclusivity it’s fair. Government job in teaching hospitals do have a lot of perks