Success-Stories-on-Health-Sector

maHarsHtra
mEDiCal oFFiCErs’ CErtiFiCatE ProgrammE
ProblEm statEmEnt
High vacancy rates for specialist positions ranging
from 60 to 70% in the public health facilities is further
accentuated by a lack of rational deployment. Reasons for
specialists’ unwillingness to serve in rural areas include
non-competitive salaries, lack of basic amenities and
education facilities for their children etc. This has resulted
in the State not being able to fully functionalize the FRUs
and other secondary health facilities.
nEw usEr rEgistration
ProgrammE DEsCriPtions
The Short Term Certificate Course for Medical Officers
started in Maharashtra in 2011, is essentially a 6-months
training course in Tertiary Care Hospitals/Medical
Colleges. The objectives of the course include (a) updating
the knowledge of MOs in non-surgical specialty such as
Medicine, Pediatrics, Mental Disorders etc. (b) improving
their understanding of ECG, Heart Disease, Septicemia
in new born and treatment for malnutrition. The trained
Medical Officers are posted at FRU level for these specialty
services. The MOCP training batches are evaluated
every year.
ProgrammE outComEs
72 doctors have so far been trained in Medicine and 97
in Pediatrics. Skill enhancement of these doctors has
helped in health care delivery in the field of Medicine and
Pediatrics where Specialists are not available. Lowering
of CDR (Crude Death Rate - 6.2); IMR (Infant Mortality
Rate - 24) and U5MR (Under 5 Mortality Rate - 26) in the
State can be partially attributed to this initiative.
FinanCial invEstmEnts
grants sanctioned for this initiative over the years are
Rs. 22.60 Lakh in 2012-13; Rs. 30.20 Lakh in 2013-14 and
Rs. 30.20 Lakh in 2014-15.
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