Faculty Crunch: 50 Doctors transferred from SMS Medical College to gain MCI nod
Jaipur: In view of the severe faculty crunch at the medical institutes, which are due for Medical Council of India (MCI) inspection, the Medical Education Department recently transferred over 50 doctors from the Sawai Man Singh Medical College (SMS Medical College), Jaipur to newly established medical colleges across Rajasthan.
The state was facing an acute shortage of doctors at its medical institutes which is against the norms laid down by the MCI. Therefore, the doctors were transferred to other colleges so the newly established medical colleges would recognition from the MCI. The mass transfer from the medical college has reportedly hit its healthcare facilities.
A senior administration official of the medical college informed the TOI, "Inspections by the Medical Council of India (MCI) are scheduled in some medical colleges of the state. So the medical education department has transferred over 50 doctors from the SMS Medical College."
The doctors who are transferred include senior professors. These include specialists in Medicine, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Radiology, Orthopaedics, and Microbiology, among others.
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