Healthcare Reform Doctors Association members urge govt to fill vacant posts in medical colleges
The members have said this during a representation to the secretary of Health Medical and Family Welfare, urging the government to immediately fill 2,659 specialists vacant posts. A total of 1,100 assistant professor posts are also vacant in medical colleges, they said.
Healthcare Reform Doctors Association members urge govt to fill vacant posts in medical colleges
The members of the Healthcare Reform Doctors Association (HRDA) have stated that out of 4,030 sanctioned specialist posts, only 1,371 were filled in the Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (TVVP). The members have said this during a representation to the secretary of Health Medical and Family Welfare, urging the government to immediately fill 2,659 specialists vacant posts.
A total of 1,100 assistant professor posts are also vacant in medical colleges, they said. “We urge you to immediately release notification to fill all vacant specialist posts in both Director of Medical Education and TVVP even while spending Rs 200 crore on schemes like Kanti Velugu,” the HRDA members said.
Meanwhile, Telangana's government has sanctioned the creation of 3,897 posts in various categories across nine new medical colleges and attached general hospitals under the Directorate of Medical Education. As per a reports, 433 posts have been created in each of the colleges in Rajanna-Sircilla, Kamareddy, Vikarabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Kumurambheem Asifabad, Jangaon and Nirmal districts.
"This step is taken with the goal of providing quality healthcare and medicine accessible to people from all sections of society. Under the leadership of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, the state is taking steps towards a healthy Telangana. Due to the establishment of new medical colleges, quality medicine and medical education is reaching the people of the state," said Health Minister T Harish Rao.
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