Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday issued guidelines allowing medical officers of the Odisha Medical & Health Service (OMHS) cadre working at District Headquarters Hospitals (DHH) and other peripheral health institutions under the control of CDM & PHOs off-days in lieu of notified public holidays with specific conditions.
According to a notification issued by the Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department, the conditions are as below:
- An OMHS cadre officer, who attended duty on a designated public holiday(s) notified by the state government, will be allowed to avail the equal number of alternative off days in the same month, subject to availability of adequate HR at the health facility.
- For the smooth functioning of the Hospitals and to provide proper health care to the general public of Odisha, the Superintendent / Medical Officer In-Charge of the facility shall make a roster arrangement for that month, to ensure that all working hours are adequately covered.
- 3The required number of alternate off-days in lieu of performing duty on notified holidays will be decided by the Superintendent taking into account the availability of HR at the health facility. In case of inadequate availability of HR in a health facility, the Superintendent / Medical Officer In-Charge may reduce the number of alternate off-days allowed to an Officer. However, the reduction in alternate off-days will be done proportionately for all doctors eligible for the same for that month.
- In single-doctor medical institutions, the Superintendent / BPHO of the CHC will make arrangements to provide off days following the same principle taking into account the presence of AYUSH medical officers and pharmacists.
- Alternate off-days cannot be merged with CL/EL.
- The alternate off-days admissible in a month cannot be carried over to the succeeding month, except when the public holiday falls in the last week of a month.
- The above guidelines supersede the prevailing practice of availing weekly off-days.
- The above guideline must be followed scrupulously.
