MIRROR EXPOSÉ of govt docs practising in pvt - health dept acts, only selectively

The file with the department containsnames of more than 100 govt doctors who are flouting service rules but only 7of them have been transferred

After months of wait, the health department acted against government doctors who practise in private, but transferred only seven of the 105 of them.

In a sweeping order, the health department on Tuesday, transferred 80 government doctors to various GMERS (Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society) hospitals in the state to fill the vacancies there. However, the list includes only seven such doc tors who had earlier filed an affidavit in Gujarat High Court defending pri vate practice. The fact that 98 others who had filed similar

7 years, but stingy NACO has no penny for female condoms

NACO has not provided anymoney to the city's Aids Control Society for distribution of female condoms for7 yrs despite the state slipping big time in execution of the scheme

In four years, the number of HIV-infected people in the state has increased by 116 per cent despite several target intervention (TI) schemes. And perhaps the biggest fail ure of the state is in the implementation of female con dom scheme. Reason: National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) hasn't provided a single penny to AMC's Aids Control Society (AMCACS) since its inception seven years ago.

According to NACO's official website, AMCACS is responsible for effective implementation of TI which helps in controlling the spread of infection among the vulnerable groups in the city. Female sex workers, drug addicts and homosexuals top the priority list in the TI programme.

Medicos' mantra to avoid rural areas - will pay, won't serve

Around 76 per cent of BJ Medical studentsopted to pay bond money so that they can skip serving in rural hospitals for ayear after completing MBBS; their number has gone up to 900 in four years

Already lagging behind many states on human development index, medical graduates' refusal to serve in rural areas despite signing bond only drags the state. The state's largest medical college, BJ, which was expected to show the way has proved to be a big defaulter on this front: three out of four students refused to serve the mandatory stint in rural hospitals last year.

The trend has been dismal with almost 900 students washing their hands off from the duty to serve the needy patients in rural areas since 2010.

KID KILLER: HIV TOLL DOUBLES IN GUJARAT

The number of children succumbing to HIVdoubled to 80 in the state last year while this year already 78 kids, includingnine in the city, have died; in the last eight years, 306 children havecontracted the virus in the city

Hemant (17 years) and Sushmita (12) are not only suffering from HIV but also coping with the death of their youngest brother Sushil (10). They were best friends and support to each other but things changed in September when Sushil succumbed to HIV-induced complications and pain.