387 service PGs attend counselling
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A complete of 387 service postgraduates attended the primary two days of the three-day digital counselling for filling speciality vacancies within the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) and the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) establishments. Another 198 docs will attend the final day of counselling on Thursday.
The posting counselling for service PGs — diploma/diploma candidates finishing their programs throughout May 2021 — is being held just about. “We are conducting online counselling for service PGs for the first time in the State. There are a total of 570 doctors appearing for the counselling. There are a total of 1,200 posts – 550 posts in DME and 650 posts in DMS institutions,” R. Narayana Babu, Director of Medical Education, stated.
Earlier, G.R. Ravindranath, common secretary of the Doctors’ Association for Social Equality, stated that the names of 15 docs on maternity depart didn’t discover place in counselling. He stated that this was towards ladies’s rights, and the federal government ought to take fast steps to rectify the difficulty.
Dr. Narayana Babu stated the counselling was for service PGs who have been finishing their programs on May 31. “We received representation regarding the doctors on maternity leave. They will complete their course during August-September. However, we have taken the representation into consideration, and will be holding a mop-up counselling for them,” he stated.
With their inclusion, a complete of 585 docs could be coated.
11 new schools
As part of this counselling, posts within the 11 new medical schools are being crammed now. “We have put up around 380 posts in the 11 colleges in the counselling. This will enable us in getting approval from the Centre to start the medical colleges as well as improve manpower for COVID-19 management,” Dr. Narayana Babu added.
He added {that a} complete of 1,650 posts —150 posts in every of the 11 new medical schools — could be crammed this 12 months.
Officials stated that through the counselling, a number of candidates had opted for posting nearer to their hometowns. “They were able to get a posting in their native place and also in a medical college in districts such as Virudhunagar, Kallakurichi, Tiruppur and Namakkal where the 11 new colleges are coming up,” an official stated.
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