EMPLOYEE BURNOUT IN THE

HEALTH CARE SECTOR

Presented By:
Siri P
Sandeep Shetty
Under the Guidance
of Mrs. Sona Rai
Introduction
• Expected to become a US$280 billion
industry by 2022
• Indian healthcare market is currently
estimated at US$35 billion
• Growth of 12 percent per annum in the last 4
years
• Poor standard of healthcare infrastructure
• One million people, mostly women and
children, die in India each year
• 700 million people have no access to specialist
care
• 80% of specialists live in urban areas
• India would require investments of up to $20
billion over the next 5 years
• 40% of the primary health centres in India are
understaffed
• 250 medical colleges in the modern system of
medicine and over 400 in the Indian system of
medicine and homeopathy
• India produces over 250,000
doctors annually
• 11,25,000 practitioners of different systems
• Of them, only 125,000 are in government service
• Million doctors floating around in the private
sector
• 59% of all practitioners are concentrated in cities
• 60 % of all medical graduates in Maharashtra are
located in Mumbai
• 84 % of hospital beds
are today located in
urban areas
• Government spends about Rs. 10 lakhs on the
education and training of each doctor
• About 80% of the out-turn of public medical
schools either joins the private sector or
migrates abroad
• Country loses Rs. 4,000-5,000 million as a
result of the out – migration of 4000-5000
doctors every year
• India’s is the largest private
health sector in the
world
Before Independence
• Medicinal properties of plants and herbs
• Large number of deaths and spread of
infectious diseases
• Dominance of the Britishers
• Hospitals managed by Christian missionaries
After Independence
• Government of India laid stress on Primary
Health Care
• India has put in sustained efforts to better the
health care system across the country
• But the government initiative was not enough
to meet the demands from a growing
population
Medical Tourism
• Relatively new concept
• India has several advantages in favour of
medical tourism like infrastructure,
technology, cost effective medical care and
hospitalization qualified and skilled doctors
Employee Burnout

• Related to psychology of a person

• Long-term exhaustion due to heavy workload
• Loses interest in the job
• Multiple tasks at the same
time
• High expectations without sufficient
time to complete the work
Burnout in the Healthcare Sector
• Healthcare is a high-demand, high-stress,
high-risk industry
• Operates in the 24*7*365 manner
• Involved in matters of life and death
• Get attached emotionally to the patients
• Healthcare workers and technicians were
placed third with a depression rate of 9.6%
Signs of Employee Burnout
• Excessive Absenteeism
• Lack of Quality and Quantity in work
• Lack of Interest
• Misbehaviour
• Complaints by Employees
Impact of Employee Burnout on
the Healthcare Sector
• Low Productivity
• Poor Employee Morale
• High Employee Turnover Cost