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SHRI BRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHY (PURI): All are Government colleges.

DR. ANBUMANI RAMADOSS: Yes, they are all Government colleges. That is why, I am trying to help the Government. Last year, they wanted to close one more college, but I said 'No. Nothing doing.' When I visited there, I talked to the Chief Minister and told him to employ more doctors and more paramedics, nurses etc. For these things, we are co-ordinating and trying to help them out.

            Another issue of brain drain was put up. In fact, after taking over, I had put up a Committee under the Chairmanship of former Health Secretary, Mr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhary, and they have given the recommendations just ten days ago on how we could prevent brain drain because lot of doctors and specialists leave the country and go to greener pastures like UK and USA. We want to stop them going and we are trying to do it.

            Of course, he was mentioning about some Government doctors doing private practice. Individual States take up individual policies on this. The Central Government policy is that no Central Government doctor should do private practice. However, Sir, some States do allow private practice for their doctors. On one side, we have issues of brain drain, doctors going out of the country. These doctors get a salary of about Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 40,000 per month. If they go to the private sector, they will earn about Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 6 lakh a month easily. We have to give them some more incentives. Myself being a doctor, I know about their problems also. We have to recognise their services and also try to give more incentives to them. At the same time, those doctors who are erring on the wrong side, who are usurping the patients coming to the Government hospitals by asking them to come to the private clinics, should be severely punished. Definitely, we will punish them, if we know who are these people.