Without creating new posts, the Health department has once again resorted to redeploying doctors. This time, nine posts of doctors from various government medical college hospitals, including Chengalpattu and Tiruchi, are being redeployed to the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital (KCSSH), Guindy to fulfil an announcement made by the Health Minister in the Assembly.
The Minister had announced that additional speciality departments of general medicine, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopaedic surgery and respiratory medicine would be established at KCSSH. In line with this, following a proposal from the Director of Medical Education and Research, the State government gave the nod to redeploy nine posts — four assistant professors and five senior residents — for the creation of six speciality departments at KCSSH. For orthopaedics, the services of three orthopaedic surgeons at the hospital’s emergency room would be utilised for general orthopaedic services on a rotation basis.
Issuing an order, the Health department redeployed posts of assistant professors and senior residents (three for general medicine, two for general surgery, one each for ENT, Ophthalmology, Dermatology and Respiratory Medicine) from Chengalpattu Medical College, Government Medical College, Omandurar Estate, Government Stanley Medical College (SMC), KAP Viswanathan Government Medical College, Tiruchi, Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem and Government Kilpauk Medical College to KCSSH.
