Rajouri Medical College plagued by faculty shortage, deptts functioning without proffs
Enquiry officer to check malfunctioning at GMC Baramulla
Navneet Dubey. Updated: 12/2/2022 11:28:09 AM

Jammu: The shortage of faculty in the new medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir, continues to pose a challenge to the authorities.
The Government Medical College Rajouri did not have even a single professor in place and most departments are functioning with one or two faculty members, raising a serious question mark over the education being imparted to the students pursuing MBBS in the institution, besides providing healthcare facilities to the people.
Around 65 percent of faculty positions are lying vacant in the College, as only out of 86 sanctioned strength of the faculty, only 28 positions are filled right now. The shortage of the faculty exists, despite the best efforts by the health and medical department to fill the vacant posts.
As per the final seniority list of the faculty members of various disciplines in Government Medical College, Rajouri, issued by the health and medical education department a few days back, the situation of the medicine department, which is the backbone of any health institution, remains pathetic. The post of Professor is vacant, while two out of three posts of Associate Professors and four posts of Assistant Professor are lying vacant. Against a sanctioned strength of eight posts, only Dr Jamil UL Hussain posted as assistant professor is running the department.
The nerve centre-the emergency wing of the Government Medical College is run by a lone casualty medical officer (CMO). Out of 12 sanctioned posts of CMOs, 11 are lying vacant.
There are only faculty members in the Anesthlogy department against the sanctioned strength of six members, including one professor, two associate professors and three assistant professors. At the present only the post of assistant professor is occupied by Dr Suhail Bandey.
Same is the situation of the Biochemistry department. In the department both the posts of Professor and Associate Professor are lying vacant. Only one Assistant Professor Dr. Qazi Najeeb Ahmed is running the department.
The post of professor is also vacant in the Blood Bank, as Lecturer Dr. Irm Yasmeen is the sole faculty member. In the Community Medicine department, post of one Professor, two Associate Professors and three out of the four posts of Assistant Professors are lying vacant. The post of Female Medical Officer is lying vacant in the Rural Training Health Center. The posts of Professor and Associate Professor are vacant in the Department of Dentistry. Only one Assistant Professor Dr. Satish Sharma is looking after the entire wing.
The posts of both Professor and Associate Professor are vacant in the Department of Dermatology and Leprosy. An assistant professor Dr. Rohini Sharma is working in the department. There are two faculty members in the ENT department, while one post of Professor is vacant in this department.
However, the condition of the surgery department is the best. The post of professor is definitely vacant in this department but three out of four posts of assistant professor and only one post of associate professor are vacant.
Posts of Professor, Associate Professor and assistant professor are lying vacant in the Microbiology department, as the department is solely run by one Assistant Professor. In the Department of Gynecology, one Professor, one out of two Associate Professors and two out of three Assistant Professor posts are vacant. The posts of both Professor and Associate Professor are vacant in the Department of Ophthalmology. In addition to the vacant post of Professor in the Department of Orthopedics, one of the two posts of Assistant Professor is vacant. However, one Associate Professor and one Assistant Professor are working in the department.
One post of Professor, three of Associate Professor and three posts of Assistant Professor are vacant in the Department of Pathology.
In addition to the vacant post of Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, one of the two posts of Assistant Professor and Child Psychiatrist is vacant. The posts of both Professor and Associate Professor are vacant in the Department of Pharmacology and Radiotherapy.
Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday appointed an enquiry officer to check the reports about the malfunctioning in Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla.
"Sanction is hereby accorded to the appointment of Dr. Yashpal Sharma, Director (Coordination) new Government Medical Colleges of J&K as Inquiry Officer to enquire into the matter regarding malfunctioning in Government Medical College, Baramulla,” reads an order, issued by Bhupinder Kumar, Secretary to the Government.
"The Inquiry Officer shall submit the report within a period of 03 weeks from the date of issuance of this Government order," the order reads.
Updated On 12/2/2022 11:44:05 AM

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