Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Friday, replying to a question of MlA Jacob Pradhan in the State Assembly, said 318 teaching posts are lying vacant in the three Government Medical College Hospitals (MCHs) in the State.
The MCHs such as the SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack, the MKCG Medical College and Hospital at Brahmapur and the VSS Medical College and Hospital at Burla are short of 340 staff nurses and 761 Group-D posts, Nayak said. The Minister informed the House that the State Government is filling up the vacancies through promotion and contractual appointments.
In the SCB, 16 Professor posts are lying vacant out of 68 sanctioned posts. Out of the total sanctioned strength of 111 Associate Professors and 244 Assistant Professors, the college has 28 and 102 vacancies respectively. The college has 781 staff nurses and 690 Group-D employees out of the sanctioned strength of 910 and 1,109, respectively.
Similarly in the MKCG, four Professor posts are lying vacant out of 36 sanctioned posts. Out of the total sanctioned strength of 75 Associate Professors and 143 Assistant Professors, the college has 64 Associate Professors and 56 Assistant Professors. The college has 402 staff nurses and 247 Group-D employees out of a sanctioned strength of 601 and 455 respectively.
In the VSS, five Professor posts are lying vacant out of a sanctioned posts of 36. Similarly, there are seven posts vacant in respect of Associate Professor and 58 vacancies in post of Assistant Professor against total sanctioned strength of 71 Associate Professors and 141 Assistant Professors. The college has 639 staff nurses and 219 Group-D employees out of a sanctioned strength of 651 and 353 respectively.