Overview
- The Health Department order issued Saturday under the ‘Saat Nischay-3’ program bars private practice for all allopathic doctors and medical teachers in the Bihar Health Service, Bihar Medical Education Service and the Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology to boost presence in public facilities.
- The state promised a Non‑Practising Allowance, which is extra pay for giving up private work, but the amount, start date and rural‑posting incentives will be announced later.
- Following a Sunday meeting, IMA Bihar and the BHSA proposed an optional path that lets doctors either take NPA and stop private work or keep declared, regulated practice without NPA.
- The groups said they will move court if a blanket ban is enforced and warned it could trigger resignations that hurt poor patients who rely on government hospitals.
- Official data show 17,070 sanctioned doctor posts but only 8,320 filled in 2024–25, so staffing gaps heighten the risk if the rollout falters.