Evening Out-Patient (OP) clinics at major Telangana government hospitals would start functioning from Monday. Timings of the evening OPs are 4 p.m. to 6 p. on all working days.
A few government doctors have raised questions about the move such as the rules based on which the work timings are changed or extended. Director of Medical Education K. Ramesh Reddy said that no one will be asked to work overtime.
The usual work timings for the doctors is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rather than working from morning, doctors who will be allotted duty in the Evening OPs will work from afternoon to evening. Dr. Ramesh Reddy said that a doctor will not be allotted duties in Emergency Ward and the Evening OP . The work in the two sections will not be shared by the same doctor. A roster chart with duty allotments would be prepared by heads of departments.
