75K pay, no evening duty to woo specialists to civic hospitals

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 31 Juli 2014 | 22.23

MUMBAI: Can a monthly consultancy fee of Rs 75,000 plus the flexibility to practise privately in the evening appeal to super specialists? The BMC is certainly hoping so.

In a bid to upgrade its healthcare machinery in the suburbs, the civic body is trying out new schemes, one of them being offers of incentives to doctors. It also plans to woo the middle class with private wards.

"While our main hospitals enjoy 90 to 120% occupancy, the figure is barely 50% for our peripheral hospitals," said additional municipal commissioner Sanjay Deshmukh at a public meeting on Saturday.

The low occupancy is mainly due to the unavailability of doctors. The BMC thought process is that specialists like gynaecologists and neurologists will be encouraged to take up positions in its facilities due to the promise of fixed fee and private practice.

Senior health officials said doctors would have to put in eight hours at the BMC hospitals they are attached to. "Their evenings will be free for their own practice. It is a win-win situation for them," said an official. At present, super specialists who work as consultants get a honorarium of Rs 1,000 to 1,500.

The BMC also plans to introduce private wards in its new hospitals in the suburbs but it may take a couple of years to implement the proposal. "We want to set up a whole floor of private wards at Shatabadi Hospital in Govandi, Bhagwati Hospital in Borivli and the 600-bed hospital planned in Bhandup," said Deshmukh. He added that the middle class that cannot afford private corporate hospitals will benefit from the civic body's private wards. Roughly 25 to 30% of the total beds in the civic hospital would be allocated for the private wards, an official said, adding that the cost of civic private wards would be lower or on a par with nursing homes.


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