Kerala Government appoints Principals for GMCs
Thiruvananthapuram: The vacant positions of Joint Director, Medical Education and Principals of Government Medical Colleges in Kerala, who retired by May 31, have been filled by the government.
The government took action on time by promoting and transferring faculty as per requirement.
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The new Joint Director, Medical Education is Geeta Raveendran, whereas D Meena has been appointed as the Special Officer in the Medical Education department.
As per a media report in the Hindu, The newly appointed principals have been identified as Lynette J. Morris (Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College), Reshmi Rajan (Kollam Government Medical College), Miriam Varkey (Alappuzha Government Medical College), R. S. Nisha (Government Medical College, Konni), P. K. Balakrishnan (Idukki Government Medical College), S. Pratap (Government Medical College, Ernakulam), N. Geetha (Government Medical College, Manjeri), Mallika Gopinath (Government Medical College, Kozhikode), V. Anilkumar (Government Medical College, Wayanad) and T.K. Premalatha (Government Medical College, Kannur).
Meanwhile, in another news from Kerala, the Medical Dialogues team had previously reported about how the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) denied "continuation of recognition for MBBS degree courses" granted by Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) to three medical colleges in the State. The three medical colleges that have been denied recognition by the NMC include Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Dr Somervell Memorial CSI Hospital & Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and Sree Gokulam Medical College & Research Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram. The UG Board of the Apex medical education regulatory body has also reduced the number of medical seats to half in another medical college. As a result of this, the State may lose around 450 MBBS seats for the academic year 2023-2024.
