DPC
of 71 docs ignored, 26 new docs appointed
5/28/2017
Nitesh
Sangral
Early
Times Report
JAMMU,
May 28: Continuing with policy of adhoicism in Government Medical College and
Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu, Health and Medical Education Department once again
ignored Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of 71 doctors and issued another
order of appointment of 26 contractual adhoc faculty members in various
specialties in gross violation of Medical Council of India (MCI)'s guidelines
as MCI doesn't calculate Adhoc faculty.
Moreover,
most of the colleges in the country including the GMC Srinagar got a
substantial increase in PG seats, GMC Jammu had got a dozen seats, because of
the fact that most of the Associate professors and professors of various
disciplines of GMC Jammu were holding their posts on OPG basis and were not
confirmed by DPC.
As
per Government order no. 284 HME Dated 25th May 2017, the 26 Faculty members
were appointed in various disciplines viz Anaesthesi, Blood bank, CTVS,
Dermatology, ENT, Obs & Gynae, Medicine, Psychiatry, Paediatrics,
Pharmacology, Radiodiagnosis, P&SM, Surgery, Orthopedics, Opthalmology and
neurosurgery.
Officials
within GMC&H told Early Times that adhoicim is reflected in the fact that
in discipline of Medicine as one adhoc (incharge) lecturer was directly placed
as adhoc Associate Professor, also in Radiodiagnose and Ophthalmology
departments, one Lecture each were again reappointed as adhoc Assistant Professor
by the government. It clearly shows the policy of Health Ministry as adhoicism
and favoritism is flourishing particular in GMC Jammu and blue eyed doctors are
being appointed again and again on new higher posts on adhoc basis.
"Those
who were most deserving candidates in the department of PSM and Eye were left
out inspite of the facts their HoDs has projected dearth of faculty but since
they were meritorious cansidates and not blue eyed there fore could not make it
in this list, "official alleged.
Moreover,
officials claimed that in the department of medicine, there is one contractual
and adhoc lecturer, working for last 2 years, has promoted and placed as adhoc
Associate Professor in the same department. While seven PSC selected regularly
and permanent lectures are working for last more than 7 years, have not been
promoted to Assistant professor, despite High Court directions in SWP case of
Dr. Gurmeet Singh and Others V/s State, in which the process of contractual
appointment in medicine Department was stayed.
Similarly,
in Department of Radiodiagnosis, there is also a contractual lecture working
for about two years, has been re-appointed as contractual and adhoc Assistant
Professor, while a permanent lecturer in Radiodiagnosis, who was selected by
PSC and appointed more than 4 years ago, has still not been placed as Assistant
Professor.
Officials
also alleged that the callous approach of H&ME department can be gauged
from fact that junior faculty member on contractual basis have been reappointed
on higher posts, while the PSC confirmed candidates lectures holding regular
posts in faculty of GMC are being ignored and not promoted to next higher posts
due to pressure from some senior most doctors.
Here
need to mention here is the fact in the some of the Disciplines including ENT
and Anaesthesia, these contractual appointments have been made in gross
violation of service rules of MCI, despite the selection list of the candidates
have already been sent by PSC to concerned department few weeks but blue eyed
have been placed on the post as contractual.
Faculty
members told that the fate and DPC confirmation by PSC of about 80 faculty
members, who were promoted on Own Pay Grade (OPG) basis about more than a year
ago, is still gathering dust in the concerned department. Rather than
processing the files and convening of DPC meeting on this issue, the department
has chosen to policy of Adhoicim, when the college is struggling to match the
MCI criteria for enhancement of 100 to 150 Seats.
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