Delhi government on Wednesday approved the proposal for the creation of 92 posts of hospital managers (superintendants) in hospitals to with a view to allowing doctors to concentrate more on clinical services.
The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The 92 hospital managers will be hired on fixed consolidated remuneration initially for a one year period on contract basis.

According to statement issued from the Chief Minister’s office, currently 24 Delhi government hospitals (excluding autonomous institutions) are providing secondary, tertiary and specialist health care ranging from preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative services including teaching, training and research facilities.

“These health facilities need to be run efficiently to cater to the clinical service delivery as well ancillary operations of hospital management for providing quality health care services to the citizens of Delhi,” the statement reads.

The statement said that presently the medical directors, medical superintendants, doctors, nurses, paramedics and pharmacists are engaged for overall management of both these services.

“Multifarious services ranging from housekeeping, sanitation, kitchen services to specialised medical requirements and equipments handling are required to be efficiently managed in hospitals.

“Involvement of doctors in administrative work not only leads to reduction in their clinical output, but also puts an additional load of hospital management on them,” the statement said.

The statement said that the management in hospitals is vertically divided into two areas that include management of clinical services and operation and management of hospital services.

“Since the need was felt for specialised manpower, a four member committee of very senior doctors was formed to study the issues and assess the specialised manpower requirement. The committee assessed the requirements and based on its recommendations, the department of health proposed to create 92 posts of hospital managers initially on contract basis,” the statement said.