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Hans India
30-06-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Govt initiates raft of measures to shore up medical infrastructure
Hyderabad: In an effort to tackle the shortage of teaching faculty in government medical colleges, the government has initiated several measures, including taking up recruitments and also improving infrastructure. According to the officials, just two days ago, the Medical and Health Services Recruitment Board issued a notification to fill 607 assistant professor posts. The Finance Department approved the recruitment of an additional 714 posts, which will be filled shortly. Since direct recruitment for Associate Professor, Professor, and Additional DME posts was not permissible, these positions are being filled through promotions. To enable this, the government has granted panel year relaxation, according to Medical Education officials. The government has begun promoting around 231 Assistant Professors as Associate Professors. Promotions have been granted to 308 Associate Professors, elevating them to Professor positions. This move will address shortages of Professors and Heads of Departments across colleges. Additionally, 44 eligible senior professors have been promoted as Additional Directors of Medical Education. These promotions will result in the appointment of regular Principals in all 34 government medical colleges and regular Superintendents in teaching hospitals. Regarding the Infrastructure, by 2021, Telangana had only nine medical colleges. The then government established eight colleges in 2022 and another nine in 2023. In 2024, GOs were issued for setting up 8 more colleges. However, in 2022 and 2023, 17 colleges were started without dedicated college buildings, hostel buildings, or affiliated hospitals. The previous government obtained approvals from the NMC by showcasing rented buildings and warehouses as colleges, despite lacking even basic facilities. As a result, the sudden increase in colleges from nine to 34 led to severe shortages of faculty and essential infrastructure. To overcome these challenges and systematically develop the colleges and teaching hospitals, the present government laid out a clear roadmap. Through GO 276, Medical College Monitoring Committees (MCMCs) were constituted. These committees are visiting all colleges to assess and report on multiple aspects to the government, including infrastructure, human resources, academic and curriculum readiness, student welfare and amenities, operational and financial aspects, digital systems and IT Infrastructure. Based on their reports, the government is taking steps to develop each college and hospital. On the new hostels and reconstruction of Osmania, Raja Narsimha said that for a decade, junior doctors and faculty fought for the construction of a new Osmania Hospital. Fulfilling this long-standing aspiration, the government initiated the construction of the new Osmania Hospital at Goshamahal. In addition, modern hostel buildings worth approximately Rs 127 crore were being built with state-of-the-art facilities for Osmania and Gandhi Medical College students. In all these ways, the government under Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Minister Damodar Raja Narsimha is working to honour the aspirations of doctors and fulfill their goals, said a press release issued here on Sunday. Earlier, the Government has decided to continue the services of 16,448 posts under the DME for another one year, which avoids staffing gaps until regular recruitment happens. As per this GO the government has given approval for the continuation of 16,448 posts under the Director of Medical Education (DME) for one more year from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. The posts include 4,772 Contract posts, 8,615 Outsourcing posts, 3,056 Honorarium posts, 5 MTS (Multi-tasking staff). These posts cover all govt medical colleges, teaching hospitals, nursing and dental colleges across Telangana. It includes faculty (Professors, SRs), doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, DEOs, Class-IV staff and many support roles. All existing contracts will be renewed and new agreements signed as per norms.
Hans India
30-06-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Govt hikes jr docs' stipend, averts indefinite strike
Hyderabad: Inresponse to the junior doctors' call for an indefinite strike from Monday, the Telangana government has increased their stipends by 15 per cent. The announcement on Sunday led to the doctors calling off their proposed action. Under the new pay structure, interns will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 29,792, while PG doctors' stipends will range from Rs 67,032 to Rs 74,782 over the course of their programme. Health Minister C Damodar Raja Narsimha instructed top officials on Sunday to increase stipends for junior doctors and honorariums for senior residents. The government subsequently issued a Government Order (GO 90), which increases stipends for MBBS/BDS interns, post-graduate doctors (both Degree and Diploma), PG dental students, and Super Speciality students, as well as the honorarium for senior residents, effective from 1 January 2025. With this increase, medical and dental interns will now receive Rs 29,792 per month, up from their previous Rs 25,906. PG doctors will receive a stipend of Rs 67,032 in their first year, Rs 70,757 in the second year, and Rs 74,782 in the final year. Super Speciality students will see their stipends rise to Rs 1,06,461 in the first year, Rs 1,11,785 in the second year, and Rs 1,17,103 in the third year. The GO also states that the honorarium for senior residents and doctors is being increased from Rs 92,575 to Rs 1, 06,461. Minister Raja Narsimha directed officials to ensure that these revised stipends are credited by the 10th of every month. A necessary Budget Release Order (BRO) has been issued to facilitate the payments for the entire year, and the government has also released all pending stipend arrears. With Saturday and Sunday being bank holidays, officials are preparing to credit the stipends into the junior doctors' accounts on Monday. In a separate move, the Finance Department issued a GO extending the tenure of senior residents, assistant professors, and other contract staff for another year, which will pave the way for them to receive regular salaries. It is noted that the Telangana Junior Doctors' Association (TJUDA) had threatened to go on an indefinite strike from 30 June if their demands were not met. Their key demands included the timely payment of stipends, the implementation of a stipend hike GO, and the provision of adequate infrastructure in government medical colleges. The TJUDA, representing junior doctors from all 34 Government Medical Colleges across the state, had consistently raised these challenges with the health minister and health secretary.
Hans India
22-04-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Minister to medical colleges: Weed out ghost faculty or face state govt stick!
Hyderabad: Health Minister C Damodar Raja Narsimha on Monday warned the private medical colleges on the 'ghost lecturers' in their colleges, stating that the government would take stringent action if they indulge in such activities. The Health Minister on Monday had a meeting with the managements, deans and principals of private medical colleges here at the Secretariat. The minister reviewed the quality standards of medical education, NMC regulations, faculty, attendance, fees, etc. He said that the Telangana doctors had a good reputation all over the world. Many famous medical institutes of the world are led by doctors who studied here. This has been possible only because of the standards of medical education here. 'There are allegations that ghost faculty is being installed and run in private medical colleges. This practice is not good. Such actions will lead to deterioration of the standards of medical education. If the quality standards in medical education decrease, it will endanger the lives of people. The government will be very strict in this regard. We will take stringent action against colleges that do not comply with the quality standards,' said Raja Narsimha. The Minister said that complaints were being received against some colleges regarding the payment of stipends to medical students. Do not compromise on the stipend given to children. There was a risk that it will affect their studies. Children should definitely be paid stipends, he said asking the managements to implement the provisions of the Clinical Establishment Act in teaching hospitals affiliated to colleges. 'If students are harassed for additional fees or pressured to pay fees in advance, their concerns would not be ignored. We will bring the issues raised by colleges regarding NMC regulations to the attention of NMC and try to resolve them,' said the health minister. The meeting was attended by Parigi MLA Rammohan Reddy, Health Secretary Christina Z Chongtu, Kaloji Health University VC Nandakumar Reddy, DME Narendra Kumar, and other senior officials.
