Even as six new medical colleges and hospitals are proposed to be set up in the State, over 1,000 posts are lying vacant in the existing four Government-run medical colleges across the State.
A total of 359 doctors’ and 300 nonteaching posts are vacant in SCB Medical College in Cuttack, MKCG Medical College in Brahmapur, VSS Medical College in Burla and SCB Dental College, Cuttack.
While 140 out of 379 sanctioned doctors’ posts and 111 nonteaching posts are vacant in the SCB, 113 out of 250 doctors’ posts and 98 nonteaching posts in the MKCG are lying vacant.
Similarly, 98 out of 243 sanctioned posts and 82 nonteaching posts are vacant in the VSS and eight out of 35 and nine nonteaching posts are vacant in the SCB Dental College.
A total of 78 out of 124 sanctioned teachers’ posts and 164 out of 381 non-teaching posts are lying vacant in the three State-run Ayurvedic medical colleges. While 26 out of 46 sanctioned teachers’ posts in the Puri Gopabandhu Medical College are vacant, 28 out of 43 teachers’ posts in the Balangir Ayurvedic college and 24 out of 35 teachers’ posts are vacant in Ganjam’s Ankushpur Kabiraj Anant Sharma Ayurvedic College.
And a total of 114 out of 144 sanctioned teachers’ posts and all 29 nonteaching posts are lying vacant in the Government-run homoeopathic medical colleges and hospitals in the State.
While 28 out of 37 teachers posts are vacant in the Dr Abhin Chandra Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Bhubaneswar, 28 out of 36 teachers’ posts in the Utkalmani Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Rourkela and 58 teachers’ posts are lying vacant in the Government Homeopathic Medical Colleges in Sambalpur and Brahmapur.