Tamil Nadu Health Department announces major transfers, promotions of senior officials
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Chennai: In a major administrative reshuffle, the Tamil Nadu Health Department on Tuesday issued a series of promotion and transfer orders involving senior officials of the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services and government medical colleges to fill key vacancies across the state.
As part of the reshuffle, the Deputy Director of Medical Services (Leprosy), Chennai, has been promoted and appointed as Joint Director of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Directorate of Family Welfare, Chennai.
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In another transfer, Dr R Jayageetha, Joint Director of Health Services in Sivaganga district, has been posted to the Tamil Nadu Health System Project in Chennai in the same capacity.
According to TNIE, Dr R Mani, director of the TN Multi Super Speciality Hospital at the Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai, has been posted as the dean of Pudukottai Medical College. Dr VV Kannan, professor of paediatric surgery at Tirunelveli Medical College, has been appointed as director of the Omandurar hospital.
The department has also appointed Dr G Balaji, Professor of Ophthalmology at Madras Medical College, as Dean of Tiruvallur Medical College.
The incumbent Dean of Tiruvallur Medical College, Dr V P Mohan Gandhi, has been transferred and posted as Dean of Nagapattinam Medical College.
The latest orders are expected to strengthen the administrative leadership of government healthcare institutions and medical colleges across the state.
Medical Dialogues had previously reported that Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital has inaugurated a new eye care facility in Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, expanding access to specialised ophthalmic services in the region. The newly opened centre is the group’s 89th hospital in Tamil Nadu. The facility has been established to provide comprehensive eye care in a patient-focused setting. Its infrastructure includes advanced modular operation theatres and diagnostic equipment, along with integrated optical and pharmacy sections.
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