Telangana to enhance retirement age of medical faculty to 65 years, Young Doctors take out Protest
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Hyderabad: In order to address the growing shortage of faculty members in state-run medical colleges, the Telangana Government will soon release an order to escalate the retirement age of doctors from 58 to 65 years.
The move came after the State Health Department officials cited the deficiency of eligible candidates for the faculty members' post.
The government authorities pointed out that every year a good number of medical professionals retire which adds to the crunch of doctors in the state. Therefore, to fill the dearth, Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao gave his approval to come up with an order where the retirement age will be increased to 65.
The move came in compliance with the decision taken by the Union cabinet to enhance the age of superannuation of Non-Teaching and Public Health Specialists of Central Health Service from 62 years to 65 years and Doctors of General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) sub-cadre of Central Health Service (CHS) to 65 years.
Earlier, the state cabinet had approved the decision for the increase in the retirement age to 65 years in May 2018, but due to the protest by associate professors, this could not get implemented.
The move came after the State Health Department officials cited the deficiency of eligible candidates for the faculty members' post.
The government authorities pointed out that every year a good number of medical professionals retire which adds to the crunch of doctors in the state. Therefore, to fill the dearth, Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao gave his approval to come up with an order where the retirement age will be increased to 65.
The move came in compliance with the decision taken by the Union cabinet to enhance the age of superannuation of Non-Teaching and Public Health Specialists of Central Health Service from 62 years to 65 years and Doctors of General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) sub-cadre of Central Health Service (CHS) to 65 years.
Earlier, the state cabinet had approved the decision for the increase in the retirement age to 65 years in May 2018, but due to the protest by associate professors, this could not get implemented.
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