Medical degrees are allowed to practice with Central staff.

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, May 13, 2021, 03:14 PM

Citing the unprecedented rise in Covid cases in the country, the Centre on Wednesday allowed its employees with recognized qualifications to undertake medical practice or teleconsultation.

Such practice is to be undertaken during spare time and on a purely charitable basis, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said. Referring to a 57-year-old order of the Home Ministry, it said the DoPT has been receiving queries/ requests from the central government servants for providing teleconsultation services during the current pandemic.

"In view of the unprecedented rise in the numbers of Covid-19 cases, and to utilize the in-house capabilities available in the government to contain the spread of Covid-19 virus and to provide relief to the public, it has been decided that the central government employees holding recognized qualifications in any system of medicine requires no permission from the Head of Departments (HoDs) concerned to undertake practice/provide teleconsultation".

This would be subject to the condition that such practice/ teleconsultation is undertaken during spare time, on a purely charitable basis, without detriment to the official duties to the government servant concerned, said the order issued to all the central government department.