Govt orders verification of doctors’ credentials

Bhubaneswar: The health and family welfare department issued an order on Monday for verification of credentials of doctors and specialists engaged by outsourcing agencies in various public-private partnership (PPP) services run in govt hospitals.
TOI on Saturday reported about govt’s plan to verify the credentials of doctors and paramedics engaged by outsourcing agencies in govt hospitals.
“It is the responsibility of the respective service providers to deploy doctors or paramedics with the required qualification,” said Shalini Pandit, health secretary, in a letter to all chief district medical and public health officers and directors of Capital Hospital and RGH, Rourkela.
She asked officials to check the credentials of the doctors and specialists and submit compliance to the department within a week.
“The doctors and specialists have to be present physically along with their documents before the CDMOs and directors of the concerned hospitals during the verification process,” Pandit added.