Kalaignar Centenary Super Specialty Hospital, Guindy. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj
Without creating new contributions, the medical department has again resorted to moving doctors. This time, nine positions from various Government Medical College hospitals, including Chengalpath and Tiruchi, are transplanted, Kalaignar Centenary Super Special Special Hospital (KCSSH) to meet the Minister of Health in the Assembly.
The Minister announced that another special department of general medicine, general surgery, offthamology, dermatology, orthopedic surgery and respiratory medicine will be set in KCSSH. In accordance with this, after the proposal of the Director of Medical Education and Research, the state government nodded to move nine contributions – four assistants and five higher inhabitants – for the creation of six specialized departments in the KCSSH. In orthopedics, the services of three orthopedic surgeons in the hospital’s emergency room would be used for general orthopedic services for rotation.
Issuing an Order, The Health Department Redeployed Posts of Assistant Professors and Senior Residents Estate, Government Stanley Medical College (SMC), Chap Viswanathan Government Medical College, Tiruchi, Mohan Kumaramaam Medical College, Salem and Government Kilpauk Medical College on KCSSH.
This is not the first time that the department goes beyond the doctor. Recently, 78 medical officers were deployed from existing upgraded primary health centers (PHC) to 50 new PHCs that draw sharp criticism from government doctors.
The head physician said that the department should not exceed the districts of districts such as Tiruchi and Chengalpath, which have only one government medical college on the spot, such as Chennai, which has so many governmental health facilities. “Would it not affect the services of patient care in Chengalpatt? Why did the doctors move from peripheral medical faculties to the city? In fact, the diversion of doctors from SMC is also unacceptable because it takes care of the large population of Northern Chennai.
K. Senthil, President of the Association of Governors Tamil Nadu, said that the state has already faced a lack of labor in accordance with the patient’s burden, a key factor necessary to maintain the quality of treatment, but is missing in the last 20 years. “If the government is fixed that there is a limit for labor recruitment, they should not establish new hospitals, but try to equip themselves with existing adequate staff,” he said.
A. Ramalingam, a secretary, service doctors and the Association of postgraduate graduates, said the health department has identified the functions of doctors in Government Medical College hospitals, exceeding the prescribed minimum standards of the National Medical Commission and moved them. “We demanded that new positions of doctors to be created according to the patient’s strength and the recommendations of Indian public health standards. Take the SMC department. Of the 18 sanctioned physicians, we have 16 on the spot and one of them has now been moved.
Published – August 15 2025 01:17
