The state finance minister Dr Rameshwar Oraon has assured to look into the matter of renewal of contract of the faculty members of the Medinirai medical college Daltonganj.

The minister told this correspondent today "It's good that this matter has been brought to my notice by the Pioneer. I will look into it right today."

Rameshwar Oraon further said "It's only yesterday that a file of the medical college Daltonganj came to me. The posts of teaching and non teaching are yet to be sanctioned."

Six faculty members of this medical college are working on their expired contract.

The contract which is of two years is renewed for another two years. It's weeks now when there is no renewal of expired contracts for these 6 faculty members.

The 6 faculty members whose contracts have expired are Rakesh Kumar of physiology department, K H Khan of PSM department , Kumari Seema of pathology department, Prashant Kumar of child disease department, Sushma K N of dentistry and Aditya Prakash of anesthesia department.

The contracts have expired in the months of October and November and till date there is no renewal of the contract.

Principal of the MMCH Daltonganj Dr Kamender Prasad said "It's a tough time for our 6 faculty members whose contracts have expired long ago and are made to wait and wait for its renewal."

The principal further said "Senior health official in Ranchi have asked for the biometric attendance to be made by these faculty members irrespective of the expiry of their contracts as any missing of the biometric attendance will come in the way of the renewal of their contracts."

Dr Kamender Prasad said "I believe these faculty members will abide by what is directed to them from the senior officials of the health department. No faculty member should miss to make his biometric attendance. It's a must for the renewal of the contract."

Sources said there is one or two faculty members who are very careless about their biometric attendance.

In the coming year 2024 two other faculty members will have their contract expired.

One such faculty member is Ravi Shanker. His contract will be over on 6.2.2024. He is of the biochemistry department.

Another is M Y Sarwar of the anatomy  department whose contract will expire on 6.9.2024.

Principal of this medical college has one more fear. It's if any of these 6 or all leave this college to work somewhere else as it is humiliating for them to wait and wait for renewal, then in that situation this medical college students will suffer most academically.

This medical college has already 65 percent of deficiency in teaching and any more exit of faculty from here will further plunge this medical college into academic chaos.

All eyes are on the state health department and finance department to ease the situation for these 6 faculty here working with low spirit on their expired contract.