Doctors in rural areas
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The prime minister recently warned the doctors against their absence in rural and upazilla hospitals where they are posted. In Bangladesh, various NGOs have appointed a good number of doctors in rural areas also and they are working there regularly. But in case of government service the scenario is different. The doctors are taking salary and other benefits from the tax payers' money but the people are deprived of getting proper service. Moreover, they reside in the towns or capital city for private practices and for other benefits. The situation could be changed if the doctors were appointed by the local authority ( or by a panel of local body executives headed by the civil surgeons of the districts) for a particular union parishad or upazilla parishad health complex with full compensation package from the national revenue budget. Before appointment if the doctors know that they are being posted for a particular hospital and there is no scope of transfer, then their presence would be ensured and the people could get their deserving services. Moreover, the doctors would be encouraged to go to their own areas to serve the people of their locality and have an easy life living in their own houses. So, the government may re-consider the present system of appointing doctors in public sector for the sake of providing better services to the people.
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