Telangana: Over 1300 Assistant Professor posts lying vacant at Government Hospitals

Hyderabad: Many Government Hospitals are reeling under the shortage of specialist doctors for the past few months and reports have been circulating about the extreme shortage. The hospitals are facing difficulty in handling the situation as days are passing. 

Not only the capital but other states are also in a deep pit either due to a lack of doctors or medicines. Recently, the healthcare system has taken a downfall and patients are suffering in this regard.

Patients in the city are forced to travel to other places to get medical attention or a private hospital which charges high rates.

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As per DC sources, the government hospitals are reported to have been operating without assistant professors. The role of assistant professor plays a big role in guiding the medical students in the hospital. However, the situation has gotten worse without one at a government hospital.

Nearly 1,300 assistant professor posts are lying vacant in Telangana. The recruitment of either specialist doctors or assistant professors at a government hospital is far away from the talk as the government has not yet spilt any information regarding the recruitment.

Meanwhile, there is also a shortage of radiologists at Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad. On the other hand, the Area hospital in Kondapur has radiologists more than the required capacity.

The Area hospital recently referred the patients from the paediatric ICU department to Niloufer Hospital due to a lack of specialist doctors.

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An official from Niloufer Hospital said, "Specialists from Niloufer were being deputed to maternity facilities in Petla Burj and Sultan Bazaar due to vacancies while vacancies in the paediatric department at the city government hospitals were primarily filled."

The government has been notified of the severe situation at the hospital several times but to no avail as the placement of the doctors was done unequally. When other hospitals lack a single specialist doctor whereas Osmania and Gandhi hospital has many. Meanwhile, doctors have been demanding immediate requirements for the posts.

Dr Srinivas Gundagani, the convener of the resident doctors' association said "The role of most specialist doctors was being filled by doctors who had completed their broad speciality or super-speciality medical courses and are serving in Telangana as part of the mandatory two-year bond. Fresh medical graduates from broad specialities must serve for a year, while those from super specialities must serve for two years. The vacancies for assistant professors need to be filled up so that experienced specialists will be available in government hospitals. This has been a long-standing demand by several medical associations."