Move to shift resident posts raises alarm

A proposal by the Tamil Nadu health department to reassign 59 junior resident posts across government medical colleges has drawn sharp criticism from the Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association, which argues the exercise is not the creation of new positions but the redistribution of existing staff under the Directorate of Medical Education and Research.

- HD Bureau

The health department's GO was presented as part of an initiative to bolster cancer-care capacity within tertiary institutions, yet the TNMOA contends the faculty strength in multiple teaching hospitals will be eroded by the redeployment.