Deans posted to 14 govt. medical colleges after months of delay

Deans posted to 14 govt. medical colleges after months of delay

P. Leo David has been posted as the dean of Government Kilpauk Medical College.

Among the 14 institutions are those where the deans retired in March and April this year. The Hindu had reported about the delay in postings

The Hindu Bureau

CHENNAI 04.10.2024 

After months of delay, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday issued an order to fill the vacant posts of deans in 14 government medical colleges.

According to the order, G. Sivasankar, director and professor of Urology, Madras Medical College (MMC), has been posted as the dean of Government Chengalpattu Medical College; 

M. Bhavani, medical superintendent/professor, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, as the dean of Government Medical College, Kallakurichi; 

and T. Ravikumar, medical superintendent/professor, Government Medical College and Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospital, Coimbatore, as the dean of Government Erode Medical College and Hospital, Perundurai.

V. Ramalakshmi, professor of Ophthalmology, Government Tirunelveli Medical College, will be the dean of Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Asaripallam.

S. Kumaravel, professor of Orthopaedics, Government Thanjavur Medical College, has been posted as the dean of K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchi; 

and L. Arul Sundaresh Kumar, professor of ENT, Madurai Medical College, as the dean of Madurai Medical College.

R. Amutha Rani, professor of Anaesthesia, Government Tirunelveli Medical College, will be the dean of Government Medical College, Ramanathapuram; 

P. Leo David, vice principal/professor, Kanyakumari Government Medical College, the dean of Government Kilpauk Medical College (KMC); 

and J. Devi Meenal, professor of Radio Diagnosis, KMC, the dean of Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem. 

S. Kalaivani, director and professor, Dermato Venereo and Leprosy, MMC, has been posted as the dean, Government Medical College, Pudukkottai; 

and S. Muthuchitra, professor of ENT, KMC, as the dean of Government Theni Medical College.

V. Lokanayaki, professor of Anatomy, KMC; and T. Jeyasingh, professor of Forensic Medicine, Government Coimbatore Medical College; have been posted as the deans of the Government Medical College, Karur and Government Medical College, Virudhunagar respectively. 

M. Rohinidevi, professor of Anatomy, Government Coimbatore Medical College, will be the dean of Government Vellore Medical College.

The Hindu had reported on the delay in posting regular deans and its impact in its articles published on August 16 [Dean post remains vacant in a number of government medical colleges in the State] and September 30 [In T.N., 14 government medical colleges continue to function without regular deans]. Among the 14 institutions are those where the deans retired in March and April this year.