Doctor doing office duty at DRME Punjab promoted to assistant professor rank, brows raised
Patiala: The promotion of a senior resident doctor of a Government Medical College (GMC), Patiala to the rank of an assistant professor, who used to work as nodal officer (office work) in Director Research and Medical Education (DRME), Mohali office has been called in question.
The doctor used to work at the office of DRME since her joining and recently got promoted as a faculty. The decision did not go down well with the professors and doctors working in the paediatric unit of GMC Patiala, who expressed doubt over the promotion.
As per the Punjab Medical Education Service regulations, to be eligible for the teaching position of an assistant professor, a candidate requires a minimum experience of teaching for two years, however, the doctor allegedly do not have the required experience.
Dr Baljinder Kaur, head of the Paediatric Department of Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, told the Tribune, "Since my joining as the head of department in 2019, the promoted doctor did not show up in the department because she was posted at the DRME office as a nodal officer. "
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