Pvt practice at BSMMU on the cards
The doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) are likely to have opportunities to conduct private practices after office hours on the campus everyday afternoon, highly placed sources said yesterday.
Under a new arrangement, all the 434 doctors-ranging from assistant professors to full fledged professors- can see patients privately at hospital outdoors between 2:30pm and 8:30pm with fees from patients.
A draft policy has already been formulated to help BSMMU doctors do practice privately at the institute instead of seeing patients outside, especially at clinics and private chambers.
The policy is going to be placed at the upcoming staff meeting of the doctors by the university authorities after Eid-ul-Azha.
Once approved by the doctors, the draft will be placed at the Academic Council for approval before it would go to Syndicate for approval, the authorities said.
For each visit, the fee for a professor has been proposed at Tk 500, while it would be Tk 400 for associate professors and Tk 300 for assistant professors, according to the draft policy recommendations.
"We are going to encourage and motivate our physicians to do private practice at their own institutes instead of doing so outside their workplace," Vice Chancellor of BSMMU Pran Gopal Datta, said.
He said private practice outside the working hospitals causes injustice to professionalism.
"This must be stopped, while we must find an amicable solution which would bring benefit for both doctors and patients based on reality," said Pran Gopal.
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