Vacancies impacting health services and medical education flagged; TGGDA appeals lifting ban on transfers
The Hindu
TGGDA urges Health Minister to lift transfer ban for senior faculty, so that positions in government medical colleges can be filled to improve healthcare services and medical education
The Telangana Government Doctors Association (TGGDA) has appealed to the Health Minister C. Damodar Rajanarsimha to lift the current ban on transfers for senior faculty positions across government medical colleges.
In a representation submitted on Wednesday (May 7, 2025), the association highlighted the need to fill existing vacancies of professors at institutions such as Osmania Medical College (OMC), Gandhi Medical College (GMC), Kakatiya Medical College (KMC), and Government Medical College, Nizamabad.
The TGGDA leadership, including president B. Narahari, secretary general R. Lalu Prasad Rathod, and treasurer Mohd Khaja, highlighted that these institutions were currently grappling with a shortage of senior faculty. This deficit, they warned, was seriously impacting both postgraduate medical education and the delivery of healthcare services.
“Several sanctioned posts remain unfilled, despite the availability of eligible and willing faculty members awaiting transfer to these institutions,” as mentioned in the representation. The association argued that allowing transfers into existing vacancies would improve staffing levels without placing any additional financial strain on the government.
The TGGDA requested the government to not only relax the ban on transfers but also permit the redeployment of qualified faculty to fill the vacant posts. “This measure will strengthen the academic framework of these institutions and significantly enhance healthcare services to the public,” it said.
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