Doctors on corona duty have to do duty for 18-18 hours. Reason - Shortage of doctors. In the medical college, the 30-bed covid ward is responsible for two junior doctors, two nurses and one ward boy. At present, 5000 doctors are required in the state. 1000 posts of doctors are vacant in 13 medical colleges and 4000 posts in Government hospitals. There is a shortage of 16,000 nursing staff.




There is a vacancy for them, but no one is ready to come. And what is coming is not qualified. Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal recently took out 325 temporary vacancies for doctors and nursing staff while Ratlam Medical College took out 500 temporary vacancies but candidates are not coming for them. Despite the shortage of doctors, the government is opening new medical colleges. The question is, how will the government, which is preparing for the third wave, deal with corona infection without doctors and medical staff?

There is an average government doctor on an average of 11082 people in the country. This is 10 times more than who's standard. Doctors are the lowest in four states as compared to patients. These include Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha as well as Madhya Pradesh. Mp currently has a doctor on 16996 people, while according to WHO there should be one doctor at 1000. The shortage of doctors and medical staff in the state has killed 72,000 newborns in government hospitals in 9 years.

6 medical officers recruited in April last year, removed before time was over

On April 12 last year, NRHM MD Image Bhardwaj recruited 6 medical officers in the GMC. All of them were on covid duty, but on May 31, 2021, 10 days before the end of their term, they were given a job leave notice.

Medical colleges should have 7,000 recruitments in terms of seats, but

There are only 2814 sanctioned posts. There are 1958 filled up now. 8 colleges including Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior do not have permanent deans. In two months, 16 doctors have quit their jobs in anger.