Doctors willing to serve in remote parts of Jharkand for three years will get a 15 per cent encouragement allowance, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said today.
Such doctors would also get the choice of posting, he said in official release here.
Das made the announcement at a health programme attended by civil surgeons, other doctors and paramedics at Namkum on the outskirts of Ranchi where he also launched a free medical treatment scheme.
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Jharkhand government would also give encouragement
allowance to those auxiliary nurse midwife achieving 90 per cent of their target, the release said.
The chief minister said the health department would introduce 108 ambulances from November this year for better health services.
Directing the health department to implement biometric system for receiving salary by health officials and employees soon, he asked civil surgeons to review works in their respecive districts every month.
Das called for setting up targets for timely completion and said the poor should not face any problem and get all facilities in the hospitals.
Expressing dissatisfaction at the health situation at Godda, Pakur, Chatra, Dhanbad, Lohardaga and Chaibasa, Das called for reduction in the mother and child mortality rate in these districts, the release added.
