Around 40 per cent of sanctioned teaching and nonteaching posts in three Government-run medical colleges taken together are now lying vacant.
This was revealed from information furnished in the Assembly by Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak in response to a question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray on Friday.
The tree colleges, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, MKCG Medical College, Brahmapur and VIMSAR, Burla, have together 872 teaching and738 non-teaching posts, respectively.
Out of379 teaching posts, 140 are lying vacant in the SCB. Similarly, 113 of 250 posts in the MKCG and 98 of 243 posts in the VIMSAR are vacant now. In non teaching sector, 111 of 274 in SCB, 98 of 233 in the MKCG and 82 of 231 in the VIMSAR are lying vacant.
The SCB Dental College and Hospital has eight of 38 teaching posts and nine of 22 non-teaching posts vacant. The GAM, Puri has a total of 46 sanctioned teaching posts of which 26 are vacant. The situation at Government Ayurvedic College, Balangir is too acute with 38 of 43 teaching posts lying empty. Similarly, 24 of 35 teaching posts in KATS Ayurvedic College, Ganjam, 28 of 37 posts in DR ACHMC, Bhubaneswar, 28 of 36 in the UHMCH, Rourkela, 30 of 36in OMCB And R, Sambalpur and 28 of 30 in the BPHMC and H, Brahmapur are lying vacant.