Service PGs get temporary postings without counselling
Nearly 800 service postgraduates in Tamil Nadu have been assigned temporary postings without the traditional counselling process or seniority considerations. Doctors have expressed concern that this departure from standard procedure could lead to salary delays and administrative confusion.
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Administrative changes in medical staffing can impact the livelihoods of healthcare professionals and the efficiency of public health institutions.
Service PGs get temporary postings without counselling CHENNAI Nearly 800-odd service postgraduates (PG), who completed MD/MS, have been given temporary postings in Tamil Nadu without counselling or following seniority. Government doctors said this was a departure from the practice followed in the past few years, when vacancy lists were notified and counselling was held for posting service PGs, Health officials, however, said the temporary postings were made only for salary purposes. On October 5, the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) and Research issued orders temporarily assigning service PGs to posts in government medical college hospitals/affiliated institutions under the DME, and to institutions under the Directorates of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) and Public Health (DPH) and Preventive Medicine. However, the posts and institutions were not specified for those assigned to DMS and DPH institutions.
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