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The Government Doctors’ Association (GDA) successful Andhra Pradesh, successful a missive addressed to Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav past week, sought a antiauthoritarian process successful the assignment of the Director of Medical Education (DME) and guarantee that the bid of seniority was followed.
The missive came aft G. Raghunandan, the existent in-charge DME, reportedly requested the authorities to reIieve him of duties.
While this analogous could not talk to Dr. Raghunandan, sources adjacent to him alleged determination had been a rift betwixt the in-charge DME and different officials successful the Health Department. The authoritative had since past been connected leave, and was apt to resume work adjacent week.
As of May 16, Dr. Raghunandan had not officially enactment successful his papers, but the authorities was said to person begun looking astatine different eligible candidates. The relation had to constitute the missive arsenic names of those who were not eligible for the DME station started doing the rounds.
Rules authorities that campaigner should person completed 2 years of work arsenic ADME and should beryllium near with 1 twelvemonth of work to beryllium eligible to beryllium promoted arsenic the DME.
In the letter, the relation pointed retired that determination were much than 4 candidates who conscionable the requirements for the sheet twelvemonth 2026-27 and consenting to instrumentality up the responsibilities.
The relation besides pointed retired that the State did not spot a regular DME successful the past 10 years. Between 2019 and 2025, determination were much than 30 eligible candidates, but lone 2 were elevated to the regular DME rank, said D. Jayadheer Babu, president of the A.P. Government Doctors’ Association. The remaining were lone in-charge DMEs.
Pointing retired that Dr. Raghunandan’s post, too, was not yet regularised, the relation said it would invited the government’s determination if it decided to name Dr. Raghunandan arsenic the regular DME. “But, if the authorities is looking astatine different eligible candidates, past it should travel the bid of seniority,” the relation members said, portion speaking to this correspondent.
“It’s not that seniority is overlooked always. Sometimes, the authorities whitethorn take a campaigner who, it thinks, has the potential, tin conscionable the requirements, is consenting to instrumentality up administrative responsibilities and emergence to the occasion,” says a authorities official.
“But, the authorities is disappointed since nary 1 seems to beryllium interested,” the authoritative added.
Dr. Jayadheer pointed retired that the station comes with administrative reponsibilities and nary of the candidates, each from aesculapian backgrounds, had received immoderate grooming connected handling these. If the eligible candidates were trained, determination would not beryllium specified issues, helium said.
