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The Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association (SDPGA) has urged the Health Minister to halt contractual appointments of retired doctors to elder positions successful the Health Department, contending that qualified authorities doctors were disposable to capable specified posts.
In a letter, SDPGA’s president P. Saminathan said the association, since its inception successful 2015, had been opposing the contractual appointments of doctors. The Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital (KCSSH) was inaugurated successful 2023. The station of manager was filled connected a contractual ground by appointing a retired prof and the declaration play lapsed successful May 2026, helium said.
The relation has present sought an extremity to the contractual appointments of retired doctors arsenic manager of the KCSSH, subordinate caput of the Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu, consultants successful the National Health Mission, Tamil Nadu, and Tamil Nadu Health System Project. This creates an content that determination are nary qualified, eligible, skilled, and susceptible authorities doctors to capable these posts, helium said.
The relation said these posts should beryllium filled with eligible elder doctors from the dean/directors’ sheet and associated directors’ sheet arsenic per existing norms. It pointed retired that recruitment to the Health Department was carried retired done a single-point of introduction via the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission till 2012, aft which the Medical Services Recruitment Board was established to enlistee doctors and paramedics.
At present, determination are astir 20,000 doctors moving successful authorities aesculapian assemblage hospitals, authorities hospitals, and superior wellness centres, with astir 80% of them being postgraduates — MD/MS/DM/MCh. The State’s Health Department has a beardown excavation of experienced doctors with some expertise and managerial skills.
Dr. Saminathan recalled that erstwhile the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital was established, a connection to name elder and inferior consultants connected a contractual ground was withdrawn aft absorption from doctors. However, definite positions, including those of heads of departments and director, were past filled connected a contractual basis.
