Ahead of MCI check, 85 medical teachers transferred

60 FROM BJ MEDICAL COLLEGE

Ahead of MCI check, 85 medical teachers transferred

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Ahmedabad:  09.02.2021 

Ahead of the Medical Council of India’s inspection of PG courses, the state government on Monday transferred 85 professors and associate professors. Of the 85, 60 medical teachers were from BJ Medical College.

The officials said the transfers were done to ensure that there was no reduction in postgraduate seats in the state.

The officials said this was the common practice of the state government. They said whenever any inspection looms, mass transfers are effected. Even during the inspection of undergraduate courses, the government authorizes mass transfers.

Once inspections are over, the government sends the teachers back to their original postings after a year. The officials said that six professors and assistant professors from pharmacology, radiology and TB departments were transferred to Bhavnagar Medical College.

The officials said that due to the changes in rules, a postgraduate professor once transferred cannot be moved again for a year.

The officials said that BJ Medical College has maximum seats and such largescale transfers can definitely affect the seats. With 60 professors being transferred, the number of seats in BJ Medical College can be impacted.

The officials said that the state has a severe shortage of medical staff in government colleges and so far it has been saving the number of seats in undergraduate and postgraduate courses with such transfers.

Sources said that those who had worked during Covid times had been transferred while those who had not have been kept at the same posts.