Med students protest severe shortage of faculty, facilities

Med students protest severe shortage of faculty, facilities

 TIMES NEWS NETWORK 03.01.2025

Hyderabad : The first and second year MBBS students of Govt Medical College (GMC), Asifabad, launched a protest on Thursday to highlight severe shortage in faculty, medical equipments and hospital staff. The students expressed their dissatisfaction with the ongoing disruptions to education and the impact these issues were having on practical training. They said that college had not received a single cadaver (against the minimum of 8) this year. The students also sent a letter to Asifabad collector expressing concern over the conditions. “There are no doctors, proper equipment or even proper facilities to have postings. Without practical knowledge, there is no use of an MBBS degree. Some departments have not even been established. These include obstetrics and gynaecology, dermatology and ophthalmology,” read the letter. 

According to the students, this shortage had significantly hindered their learning experience and affected their academic progress.“We are facing severe difficulties in our education due to the shortage of faculty. Classes are irregular and sometimes they don’t even happen. There is no proper system i n place to ensure that we get the necessary lectures and clinical training. The senior PG students who are teaching us will also leave soon,” said a first year student. They said that the college didn’t even have proper washrooms. “We do not even have a single dustbin,” added another student, saying that these issues have been flagged multiple times to the college authorities but no action has been taken so far.