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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 4: In order to prevent the Medical Council of India from derecognising some faculties in the two medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir, the Government has framed a comprehensive plan on upgrading the basic structure in all the faculties which includes filling of vacant posts.
In the past the Medical Council of India had derecognised a number of faculties in the two medical colleges in Srinagar and Jammu after a team of experts had found that the functioning of some faculties had been affected as a result of paucity of staff.
The team of experts from the Medical Council of India had found that in various faculties top posts of professors were vacant and in other departments the equipped required for imparting proper training to the students was not available.
The Minister for Medical and technical Education has suggested to the principals of the two medical colleges to ensure that every department had all the sanctioned posts filled and all faculties fulfilled the norms set by the Medical Council of India.
As far as the Jammu Medical College is concerned about 18 posts, professors and Associate professors' rank, are vacant and the authorities have decided to go in for crash recruitment for filling these 18 posts in 12 faculties.
Posts of professors and Associate professors are vacant in the departments of cardiology, medicine, forensic medicine, microbiology, paediatrics, pharmacology, physiology, radiotherapy dermatology etc.
In order to enable these 12 departments to have the vacant posts filled as early as possible the Government has decided to engage these 18 senior doctors on "Academic programme arrangement basis.
"Under this programme they would be appointed for a period of one year which would be extendable upto maximum of four years and it will continue till their promotion and selection was cleared by the Public Service Commission.
Similar measures were being taken for the Srinagar medical college.
In case the Medical Council of India would r recommend de-recognition of any department in either of the two medical colleges the principals would be held responsible.
The principals have been asked to carry out periodic review of the staff strength and teaching facilities in each department so that provision could be made for opening new faculties in the two medical colleges. |
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