Bengaluru: In the wake of complaints that a large number of doctors and medical practitioners are not available in taluks and panchayats across Karnataka , the state govt has decided to make ‘night attendance’ mandatory. This shall be extended to contractual employees, too, under the health and family welfare department.
As a result, they did not attend to their duty and were not available to the public during office hours. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Bengaluru | Silver Rate in Bengaluru | Bank Holidays in Bengaluru | Public Holidays in Bengaluru | Bengaluru AQI | Weather in Bengaluru | Petrol Price in Bengaluru | Diesel Price in Bengaluru | CNG Price in Bengaluru | LPG Price in Bengaluru Stay updated with the latest Bengaluru news.
The govt has said the newly constituted Praja Seva department will configure the night attendance module and geofencing on Kartavya app for the purpose, while the commissioner for health and family welfare services and the district health and family welfare officers shall review the attendance report every month. “They shall take action against doctors found not residing at headquarters without permission, in accordance with rules and circulars,” read the order. Citing reasons for taking such a decision, the govt said that during hearing by Upa Lokayukta, it was found that the officers were not residing at their prescribed headquarters in several cases, but at a distant place instead.
The Upa Lokayukta advised that a circular be issued to ensure that govt officers must reside at their headquarters. Accordingly, the decision was taken in concurrence with chief minister DK Shivakumar to implement the night attendance system. Download the TOI App.
The order issued on Saturday said a doctor is exempted from marking night attendance if he or she is on sanctioned leave or on duty outside the headquarters under proper authority or permitted by the competent authority to leave the headquarters.
The night attendance will be marked through Kartavya app after 9pm every day. The employee has to be within the prescribed radius from their office. The proposal is likely to be extended to all other state departments if the pilot on doctors shows success.