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LUCKNOW: In a bid to check the depleting number of specialists in the Provincial Medical and Health Services (PMHS), the UP government has made it mandatory for government doctors seeking the NOC to pursue postgraduate courses to serve in the cadre for at least 10 years, reports Shailvee Sharda. Those who don’t do so will have to pay back Rs 1 crore as penalty to the government.
“As per the rule, the in-service doctors who undertake PG courses will have to give in writing that they would return to the primary cadre upon completion of their programme and serve for a minimum period of 10 years. In case they fail, they will have to pay a fine of Rs 1 crore to the state exchequer,” said additional chief secretary Amit Mohan Prasad.