Juniors Appointed HoDs at Tiruvannamalai Medical College! Govt Doctors Oppose Move

Chennai: The Government doctors in Tamil Nadu are upset over the Dean of Tiruvannamalai Medical College's recent decision to appoint junior doctors with less experience in service as the heads of the departments.

Claiming these appointments were against the rules, the doctors have urged the authorities to immediately cancel those appointments.

This comes after the Dean of the concerned medical college reportedly appointed four professors, who are juniors in service, as the HoDs.

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As per the latest media report by The New Indian Express, issuing a statement on Wednesday, the Democratic Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (Democratic TNGDA) said that the order created unwanted restlessness among the senior professors.

Highlighting the issue the association urged the State Health Minister, Health Secretary and the Director of Medical Education to intervene in the matter.

Commenting on the matter, Dr K Senthil, who is the President of the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) and also a member of the PG Board of the National Medical Commission (NMC) opined that the concerned order was against the NMC rules and therefore should be cancelled. He further added that only the senior doctors should be appointed as HoDs.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that a section of the government doctors had also opposed the recent decision by the State Health Department to withhold in-service reservation of seats in certain postgraduate medical courses for the academic year 2024-2025.

Referring to the previous legal battle regarding the in-service quota and how the Court upheld the reservation policy, the doctors had argued that diluting the reservation now was objectionable.