The Kerala Authorities Medical Faculty Lecturers’ Affiliation (KGMCTA) has demanded that the “unscientific” mass switch of medical faculty college to the brand new Authorities Medical Schools of Wayanad and Kasaragod, on the eve of an inspection by the Kerala College of Well being Sciences (KUHS), be withdrawn.
The Director of Medical Schooling had issued a switch order on Thursday, transferring 71 college from Manjeri, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram Medical Schools to the brand new Medical Schools of Wayanad and Kasaragod, with the directive that they be part of the respective establishments the very subsequent day.
The KGMCTA identified that the enmasse switch was effected in order that the brand new Medical Schools of Wayanad and Kasaragod would meet the school necessities set by the Nationwide Medical Fee (NMC), when KUHS conducts the inspection.
They identified that the federal government, as an alternative of making enough college posts in new medical schools, was resorting to its ordinary ways of transferring college from one establishment to the opposite to someway clear NMC norms and that this was completely unacceptable.
It mentioned that not one of the Medical Schools within the State had enough college for educating and affected person care and that the federal government must be creating new posts as an alternative of upsetting affected person care in hospitals. KGMCTA identified that it was not the primary time the federal government was resorting to non permanent measures to make up for college scarcity. Even these college who had been transferred barely a yr in the past as a part of basic transfers have additionally been transferred this time and this was sure to upset their private affairs too.
The federal government must be long-term and artistic measures to enhance the services and educational output of current Medical Schools, KGMCTA mentioned.
Revealed – January 10, 2025 11:30 pm IST
