MUHS Report reveals Acute Faculty Shortage in GMCs- 10 functioning with less than 50 percent teaching staff

Even though the condition is better in cities like Mumbai, Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Kolhapur, Nanded, and Latur, where the number of faculty is better, the situation is alarming in several other cities such as Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg etc.

In this regard, the report revealed that only 11.76% of the sanctioned posts are filled in Ratnagiri, 34.12% in Parbhani, 40% in Satara, 42.35% in Sindhudurg, 44.29% in Gondia, 45% in Alibag, 46.63% in Chandrapur, 50.30% in Jalgaon, 54% in Dharashiv, and 54.25% in Nandurbar.

Commenting on the matter, a senior official from the State Medical Education Department, informed TOI on the condition of anonymity, that a large number of faculty positions are expected to be filled soon through the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) and also via contractual appointments. "This will help ease the shortage", claimed the official.

Stressing on the urgent requirement for recruitment, the State President of Maharashtra Medical Teachers' Association, Dr. Sameer Golawar, said, "To ensure quality medical education, the government must immediately fill all vacant teaching posts in government medical colleges through the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) and the MPSC."

Meanwhile, the government medical colleges that have the highest percentage of teaching posts filled include Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Grant Medical College, Mumbai, B.J. Medical College, Pune, and the medical colleges in Kohlapur, Nanded, Latur, Nagpur, Dhuke, and Akola.

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