Over 300 posts of doctors and faculties under the reserved category are lying vacant at the country’s premier health institute, AIIMS.
Over 300 posts of doctors and faculties under the reserved category are lying vacant at the country’s premier health institute, AIIMS.
Replying to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, Union health minister J.P. Nadda said that overall, 329 posts of doctors and faculties are lying vacant under the reserved category at AIIMS.
A total of 84 posts of assistant professors and lecturers in nursing at AIIMS are lying vacant. Around 25 posts under the Scheduled Castes (SC), 11 under Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 49 under Other Backward Classes (OBCs) are lying vacant.
Similarly, 128 posts reserved for senior residents (non-DM/MCH) are lying vacant at AIIMS. Out of these, 128 posts are reserved — 18 under the SC category, 38 under the ST category and 72 under OBCs. These are vacant at present.
Under the category of reserved for junior residents (academic three years duration), 62 posts are lying vacant. Out of these, 19 are meant for SCs, 10 for STs and 33 for OBCs.
A total of 55 posts of junior residents (non-academic, six months’ tenure) are lying vacant under reserved category. Twenty-four posts are reserved for SCs, 12 for STs and 19 for OBCs.
The Union health minister informed the Lok Sabha that the posts of faculties and doctors have not been filled due to various reasons — the selected candidates’ inability to join, unsuitability, unavailability, resignations and retirements of existing faculties.
“The filling up of posts is a continuous process and various steps, including special recruitment drives for filling up of reserved posts, are undertaken,” he said.
