AP: Doctors seek to revoke Govt order to appoint All India service employee as DME
On September 8, the government issued an order, GO 1871, which put Dr. V Vinod Kumar in a full additional charge of the post of Director of Medical Education until further orders. The doctor is presently the project director of the AP Health Systems strengthening project (APSHSSP).;
Tirupati: Doctors in Andhra Pradesh are up in arms against the recent government order to appoint an All India service employee as Director of Medical Education (DME), calling the move a serious violation of the AP Medical Education service rules 2002.
On September 8, the government issued an order, GO 1871, which put Dr. V Vinod Kumar in a full additional charge of the post of Director of Medical Education until further orders. The doctor is presently the project director of the AP Health Systems strengthening project (APSHSSP). According to the government doctors in the state, the appointment violates the service rules.
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They are demanding the order be revoked as it goes against the AP Medical Education service rules 2002. The doctor's associations, including the AP Government Doctors Association (APGDA), are showing anger against the move, with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) now extending their solidarity, reports Hans India.
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