State Award Scheme
State Awards to Service Doctors
working in Delhi was first started in the year 1997-98. Under this scheme 20
Service doctors from Allopathy, Homeopathy and Indian System of Medicine who
are working under Govt. of NCT of Delhi for the last 15 years or more with
excellent services to the people of Delhi are conferred with the State award,
every year.
The purpose of state award is to
motivate the medical and paramedical staff for better quality service to the
population of Delhi. In the award function held on 29th August 2006, Hon’ble
Chief Minister announced that this award should also be given to Paramedical
staff. Each awardee is given a memento, Citation certificate and cash award.
The award seeks to recognize work
of any distinction and is given for distinguished and exceptional
achievements/service in all fields of activities/disciplines, such as Medicine,
Social Work, medical research, Public health, etc.
There ought to be an element of
public service in the achievements of the person to be selected. It should not
be merely excellence in a particular field but it should be excellence plus.
All Government Doctors and
paramedical staff who fulfil the criteria without distinction of race,
occupation, position or sex are eligible for these awards.
The award is normally not
conferred to retired Doctors/Officials. However, in highly deserving cases, the
Government could consider giving an award to Retired doctor/official if the
retirement of the person proposed to be honoured has been recent, say within a
period of one year preceding the Award function.
It was proposed that the award
may be given to 20 Doctors and 31 Paramedical & Nursing staff during
current Year. Hon’ble Chief Minister confers these awards to the meritorious
candidates. At present each Doctor is given a cash award of Rs.100000/- and
each Nurse/Paramedical staff is given Rs.50000/-.
The criteria of selection to the
award are as under:
1. Meritorious/extraordinary
work in the field of healthcare/ health promotion/ social service/ health
research/ public health.
2. 15 years or
more regular service under GNCT Delhi, MCD or NDMC.
3. Vigilance
Clearance and Annual confidential report/Work & Conduct report of the
candidate.
4. Recommendations
from Head of the department.
5. Representation
to different institutions, weaker sections.
6. Representation
to different streams like Allopathy, ISM&H, Local bodies (Municipal
Corporations & NDMC).
The HODs/ Directors/ Medical
Superintendents will invite application from deserving candidate working in
their institutions and scrutinise them. The recommended applications of the
most deserving candidate will be forwarded to Director General Health Services.
The state award/search committee will decide the final list of candidates to be
awarded.
The Approximate number
of Awards:
The No. of Awards to be conferred
to meritorious candidates is 51. The details are as follows:-
1. Doctors = 20
A. Teaching= 5
B. Non-teaching=3
C. General
cadre = 8
D. MCD=1
E. NDMC=1
F. ISM&H=1
G. Dental=1
2. Nurses – 11 (Nurses,
PHNs, ANMs)
3. Pharmacist/
Technician/ Supervisor /- 10
4. Peon /SCC/
NO/Drivers & other Staff – 10
The award /search committee on
the advice of Government may relax the criteria of 15 years experience in Delhi
Government to the extra ordinary deserving candidates.
Composition of Screening
/Search Committee:
The Screening/search committee
will consists of following members:
1. Principal
Secretary Health and Family Welfare – Chairperson
2. Dean Maulana
Azad Medical College – Member
3. Special
Secretary Health (dealing paramedical Staff) –Member
4. Medical Superintendent
of 500 or more bedded hospital – Member
5. Medical
superintendent of 100-200 bedded hospital – Member
6. Chief
Nursing Officer of LNH or GB Pant or GTB hospital – Member
7. Director
General of Health Services – Convenor
The number of awards conferred so
far:
Year
|
No. Of
Doctors
|
No. Of
Paramedical staff
|
1997-98
|
20
|
|
1999-00
|
19
|
|
2000-01
|
20
|
|
2001-02
|
19
|
|
2002-03
|
25
|
|
2003-04
|
15
|
|
2004-05
|
20
|
|
2007-08
|
19
|
50
|
2008-09
|
20
|
49
|
2009-10
|
22
|
49
|
2010-11
|
21
|
47
|
2011-12
|
20
|
50
|
2012-13
|
20
|
31
|
2013-14
|
19
|
30
|
Total
|
280
|
306
|
List of previous awardees
is given at annexure I. The application forms are attached as Annexure II, III,
and IV. Recommendation Letter from HODs/Directors/Medical Superintendents is
attached at Annexure V.
Fresh
applications for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 are invited. Complete
applications duly screened and nominated by Directors/ HODs/ MSs along with
vigilance clearance should reach to “The Director General Health Services,
Swasthya Sewa Nideshalaya Bhawan, F-17, Karkardooma, Delhi-110032 well before 25th
February 2019.
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