Delhi Administration Doctor's Welfare Association

 1.It is really a concern that quality compromise in services due to considerations other than MERIT has affected all walks of life with resultant systems failures as seen in Mumbai & other places. Merit does not depend  also on whether one is or one is not UPSC qualified, as, such institutions themselves are not above board in the present scenerio. 

3. In case of medical professionals UPSC does not validate the qualification of the candidate ( WHICH IS VALID ANYWAY!)while in case of IAS or similar other non technical services entry in the job directly depends on passing it.  

2. Kudos to the association of DADWA for being in the policy group on the DHS rules formation ( as mentioned in the home page) but would it not be  proper to suggest  to Mr Balachandran, the inclusion of two or three representatives from the Ad-hoc MOs/Specialists also in this excercise by the Secretariat. It is important to bring transperency, confidence & professional bonhime while at the same time involvement of all the affected stakeholders uniformily

1. It is well documented that before the adhoc /contract appointments were done by the State Govt 11 years ago, UPSC & even GOI had given a go ahead in view of its inability to provide the large numbers required. 

2.Work output study of Contractual Specialists/MOs in hospitals & the UPSC MOs/Specialists if done by some independent body, may bring out startling revelations in favor of the former(in the present scenerio-- due towho cares approach! in the latter )

3. It is not clear yet what is the stand DADWA is taking in regard to regularization of Contract doctors.This is all the more important in the light of the SLP of UPSC ( as mentioned in this site itself)

4. The  harrasment & discrimination of the contract doctors by regular UPSC colleagues must stop forthwith if professional dignity is to be maintained. It is more glaring when such regular officers with administrative powers start making their own rules to the further detriment of the Contract officers

5. Finally, the comment of one colleague in this column, very rightly mentions that it is NOT the fault of some one who joined on Contract. Even ESI, NDMC recruits its doctors without UPSC & these doctors are on equal footings with the regular. Then why discriminate here? 

Hello Friends, I do not agree with comments from Dr. Reddy..it is disappointing to see how some of our brothers are casting aspersions on their own colleagues' abilities despite their having gone thru the rigors of studies  n training and service with them for more than 10 yrs. I do not like the tag 'back door entry'. May I state that these (ad-hoc) appointments were not to made to CADRED posts, without framed RR's, and hence the question of so called FRONT ..ROYAL door doesn't arise at all. so there was only 1 specified door ..the frontdoor.(for a back door there has to be a frontdoor 1st)...secondly now after having recognised their services the Govt. of Delhi wants to induct them into its very OWN CADRE (DHS)..as a POLICY matter then wats the Fuss..would it not be hypocritical of any1 who goes against the govts. policy when we hav in our country reservations based on caste , creed , and economic grounds..then why not .WORK..which they hav been doing for more than a decade...Do you think that the Govt. is not responsible enough to subject its populaces health to the Unworthy..am sure sir NOT..so let us rise above the TRIVIA..and help govt. build up its infrastructure.."let justice be done to the ad-hoc doctors..an injustice could only beget further injustice.."

With Kind Regards to All

Note to Dr. XYZ: This mail is anonymous. It is published but with some edit for brevity. It is requested  that the member may please be brief and identify themselves.  - Secretary DADWA:

The above well worded views of Dr Arun  expressed from the point of view of the contract doctors no doubt rightly direct sympathies to their valid concerns.

As an addendum, let me present another scenario: of the doctors who are regular medical officers but unfortunately possess a  post graduate degree. They are discriminated against all specialists (regular and adhoc alike). They perform both general duties as well as specialist duties. Their specialization is remembered maximally when there is a crisis When they ask for an experience certificate they are doled out a useless format saying so & so has worked in such & such a hospital at such & such a pay scale since ___ . Work and conduct is satisfactory. No routine mention is made of specific departmental experience.  

But isnt it high time that we doctors unite as a group and stop discriminating among ourselves.

An old man wanted to unite his always fighting sons to get the lost reputation of the family back. He laid the foundation to construct a house so that all his sons could live together with united strength so to get the respect and regard of the society. He draw the building plan of the house to provide appropriate space to each of them without any bias. But the sons in order to show superiority over each other wanted to extend their given portions inappropriately which the weak foundation could not bear and the building collapsed before  it could be completed. The slightly well off sons were not so affected but their poor younger brother i.e. contract (adhoc medical officers) who got some hope of getting shelter became homeless again.

Since 1991, service doctors have quarrelled over pseudo labels as MO, specialists (non-teaching and teaching), regular, regularised, adhoc etc. without giving respect to our basic qualification and status as a whole and unsuccessfully trying to find the way through the maze of  the rules and regulations in respect of these pseudo labels without realising that even the one who made these labels and the rules never bother to know their meaning, purpose and implications. Our present behaviour on 'stage' has just amused the director sitting behind the curtain or the spectators sitting in front of us. And if I am not wrong we are slowly being stripped of our power, status and administrative control on ourselves and society. 

Recently homeopathic medical officers appointed by the Delhi Govt. have been promoted to SMO after 4-5yrs of service. The poor adhoc medical officers working for the last 10-11 yrs seeing 250 to 350 times more patients than seen by their counter part homeopathic doctors in the same dispensary, facing the wrath of public as well as their elder brothers  even do not get the pay in time for the want of continuation of service from time to time. 

In my view

1. A doctor is a doctor whether he comes through UPSC or  through interview as in ESI, NDMC. Unlike administrative services where a person after selection perform different type of duties irrespective of his qualification, a doctor perform same nature of duties whether selected through UPSC or not. Yes, after selection through UPSC you are bound by certain rules which give you certain privileges but also discriminate you from your fellow colleagues where you rip about and cry for the weight of the qualification only. Then how these rules of game are different for the contract appointees.

2. The Delhi health services are expanding and there is acute shortage of manpower. They are opening new dispensaries and hospitals without any provision of manpower. Still they require a no. of doctors beside paramedical staff to run the even existing health facilities. Instead of taking doctors through proper channels with proper prior planning, they resort to such measures as contract appointment. Then what is the fault of the needy doctors who join these service. Even you and I were in their place would have done the same. This type of appointment erode the structure of the service and it should have been resisted there and than it self. But unfortunately we do not wake up in time. As it happened when junior specialist were being appointed. But instead of fighting for the cause of 'doctor in service' so that there should be no exploitation and  discrimination among the doctors, we are giving weight to our labels.

3. If in a passport office the main front door is closed due to any reason and to cater the long queue standing outside, a  door on the back side is opened, will all the passports made through this back door be rendered invalid? The same is with this adhoc appointment. No body ask the name of the culprit who closed the front door and opened the back door. It is the needy one who after giving 10 yrs of best parts of their life in service are still without future.

I hope my views do not offend any body, but if they do even if it offends somebody I apologize.

-Dr. Arun

Dr Arun

     Your examples and comments are really apt and note-worthy. They truely describe the situation we are in/ and quicksand we stepping into.

Dear Sir,

Regarding comments of Dr Mongia that No GDMO should be MS of any hospital should not be taken as affornt but as constructive suggestion that all medical superintendents of all hospital should be leaders in their respective fields whether GDMO or Specialist or Even teaching speacilist.we all know there are our brother,s in service whether GDMO OR SPECILIST who do not deserve to be there but system tolerates them.Let us be self critical when it is question of treating our illness do we consider whether we have to go to GDMO,Specialist.We even go to quakes if we think he can deliver the goods.hence if we are not selfish or short sighted we will support efficiency rather than mediocracy.hence there is need to realign health services even at senior level.I invite every bodies attention to advertisement today for registrars for two medical colleges where there is reservation of 50% for fresher's and 50% reservation for srvice candidates(Read GDMO)as there is no other cadre except those who are graduates and those who are postgraduates.they have thought of those who enter race later on in life..but they also appear for common test.It works well for Himachal pradesh.If destiny has given us chance to rectify faults please rectify them.otherwise fight amongst yourselves ,get degrades professionally as well.

DR Handoo