Telangana: 919 Specialists Appointed but Doctor Alleges Recruitment Process is Farce

“A meritorious applicant scoring 70% in academics gets 45.5 marks on aggregate. An in-service applicant with an academic score of 50% gets 32.5 on aggregate. With 15 additional marks for contract service, the candidate two scores 46 marks overall.”

“The fact that a pass applicant is able to eliminate a 70 percentile candidate points out that this selection process is just a farce, a cloak in disguise for regularizing in-service candidates into regular appointees,” said Dr Sruti Vinda in her petition.

In order to provide doctors in area hospitals, district hospitals and Community Health Centers (CHCs), the state health department went for a massive recruitment for 1,133 Civil Assistant Surgeon (CAS) (specialities). The posts were spread over 15 specialities’ including Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Pathology, Ophthalmology, General Medicine, ENT, Psychiatry, Hospital Administration, Forensic Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine.

 However, due to the shortage of eligible candidates for some specialities, only 919 were selected, leaving vacancies for another 200 posts in its pocket.

“Vacancies in specialities like Forensic Medicine, Hospital Administration, Pulmonary Medicine, General Surgery etc. were not filled due to wanting of eligible doctors,” TVVP Commissioner B Shivaprasad confirmed to The Hans India.