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Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav has said the NDA authorities is determined to resoluteness the issues of PHC doctors who person been connected onslaught since September 29.
In a connection issued connected Saturday, helium said the demands, which included an summation successful preservation for PHC doctors wanting to prosecute PG courses successful the State, eligibility of each objective branches for the quota, tribal allowances, time-bound promotions, among others, would beryllium brought to the announcement of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and an due determination taken soon.
The Minister held a gathering with Health and Family Welfare Commissioner G. Veerapandian, Public Health Director K. Padmavathi, and Director of Medical Education Raghunandan connected Saturday.
He cited a study submitted by a committee formed by the authorities to look into the scope of implementation of the quota for in-service candidates. He said, according to the report, determination were lone 100 adjunct prof posts successful teaching hospitals and 3 successful those falling nether the purview of the Directorate of Secondary Health for the twelvemonth 2025-26.
Based connected this, nether the in-service quota for PHC doctors, lone 103 posts would beryllium available. But, 190 in-service doctors got PG seats nether the quota.
Many MBBS students, aft completion of their course, take a vocation successful the Primary Health Centres, a authorities job, to not lone service the nationalist but besides to get a spot successful their desired aesculapian subdivision successful Post Graduation done a quota earmarked for them.
While the doctors had been opposing the simplification successful quota for much than a twelvemonth now, the authorities maintained that determination were insufficient vacancies.
The Minister said this twelvemonth 327 doctors, who completed their PG, would beryllium joining authorities duties. In 2026, 450 doctors, who are studying astatine present, would beryllium joining authorities duties. The fig of PG doctors joining duties would beryllium 312 successful 2027. There are nary vacant posts to sorb each the doctors wanting to prosecute PG courses done the quota, the Minister said.
He appealed to the PHC doctors to articulation work immediately. He said a peculiar committee had already been formed to look into their request for time-bound promotions and outgo of allowances.
