Indore: Doctors, nurses and those working on attachment at places other than their regular duties have been directed to go back to their respective workplaces immediately by the Indore Health Department. According to the Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Madhav Prasad Hasani, the mandate will be applicable to about 175 officials and employees.
Pursuant to the order, affected personnel shall report to their respective posts of assignment, and take up their respective duties. The department has stated it will discipline anyone who does not follow instructions.
The order references the meetings which took place in Bhopal on October 14 and 15 and directions received from the headquarters, Oct. 16. According to instructions issued by the department, officials on the job had to end the old attachments and re-assist their employees in their past roles.
A copy of this order has been forwarded to the civil surgeon-cum-chief hospital superintendent, chief supervising block medical officers, hospital official and chief of urban health institutions. Even health facilities in various areas such as Depalpur, Manpur, Sanwer, Hatod and Mhow have been asked to adhere to it.
During the month of October, there are no allocated salaries for attendance.
One of the essential requirements deals with salary payment. In an order, it had been directed that attendance shall be ensured at the places of posting of the concerned employees to ensure the process for drawing salaries for the month of October 2026.
This means that transactions to end attachments will not be enough to terminate it. The department also is focusing on compliance by promoting attendance at “the designated work place.
Questions Over Attachment Arrangements
The directive has raised doubts within the industry as to why so many of those employees had been assigned to different locations than where they were originally posted and why it was approved.
The order, however, does not give individual reasons for each attachment or account of the type of cases to which the order applies.
Employees will return to specific facilities and the effects of the decision will become more apparent as they do so. Their return might lead to a change in staffing availability in hospitals and community health centres, and institutions where they are working on attachment might need to reorganise their work.
The department’s first priority will be to ensure that the order is complied with and the recommended posting guidelines were restored throughout the affected health institutions.