The Indian government has found an
alternative to encourage doctors to
serve in rural areas. The new incentive
scheme for the doctors who serve in
rural areas was devised by government.
There are many remote areas where
the medical care systems are very
poor. Hereafter a rural doctor can
get anywhere between 25 percent to
50 percent hike in salary. Remote
areas will carry a hike of 25 percent
whereas as places where there are
no roads will carry an incentive of
50 percent.
The most dreaded areas constitute
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh
and Bihar, remote areas in the North-East,
interiors of Jammu and Kashmir, the
Thar Desert stretch of Rajasthan,
Lakshwadeep and the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands.
The Ministry of Health Joint Secretary
Amarjeet Sinha said, “The regulation
or the compulsion to serve in rural
areas are more than monetary incentives
we find the incentive for an admission
to a post-graduate course seems to
work quite effectively in getting
doctors in rural areas.”
In addition to incentives, the health
ministry has made rural posting compulsory
for MBBS students looking for admission
into post graduate programs.
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