Title: Challenges of Manpower Problems and Its Solution

Authors: Prof. (Dr.) Subhasish Chatterjee, Prof.(Dr.) Niraj Pandit

 DOI:  https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i12.150

Abstract

This review research paper has examined about the current circumstances of human resource in public health sectors. A recent trend of manpower planning says that there is necessity of improving the system of manpower planning and also to upgrade the quality of staff. India’s populace dependably believes in the informations broadcast through media and many a time feeling incorrectly about the medical staff working in various regions, but in reality, the situation is completely opposite. Researchers attempted to convey that the proper matrix of human resource framework is to be developed as quickly as conceivable or else it is very difficult for the present medical staff in different categories to overhaul the situation. Researchers likewise have endeavored to convey that only existing staffs are not responsible for the contemporary situation in the public health care area.

Researchers have also examined about the procedure ought to be undertaken by the Government and the process of speculation for building up the entire framework and in further it will be praiseworthy if authority takes an initiative  of enrolling workforces for successful functioning of the public health area. It is also reviewed that under what approach Government should develop skills of the present staffs by providing training in a regular interval. It is also very important to quantify the abilities of the workforce to work with the latest medical technologies.

Keywords: Public Health, Manpower/Human Recourse, Healthcare, Challenges Deficiency, Quality, Skills and Training.

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Corresponding Author

Prof. (Dr.) Subhasish Chatterjee

Principal, Department of Management,

Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia, Vadodara