In view of the ensuing visit of the team of the Medical Council of India (MCI), the administration of the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) here has started the process to fill the vacant faculty positions. On Monday the college gave appointments to 14 Junior Residents (JR) and One Senior Resident (SR) in the medical college hospital. The lone SR has been appointed in the department of Medicine while three JRs in Surgery, gynecology and Bio chemistry, one each in orthopedics, pediatrics, community medicine, pathology and anatomy have been appointed. The SRs are appointed on a monthly salary of `66000 while the JRs are given a stipend of ` 55000 per month.
The Principal of the GDMC, Dr Pradip Bharati Gupta said that the recruitment for 14 posts of associate professor and assistant professors would be done by the end of January.
The recruitment advertisement for these positions of faculty in the medical college would be released soon. These include seven posts of Professors and seven posts of Associate Professors.
These recruitment measures coupled with recent appointment of four Emergency Medical Officer (EMO) in the emergency wing of the hospital are expected to bring relief to the hospital administration grappling with shortage of doctors. These appointments would also help the college when the team of MCI would visit the college and its associated hospital.