Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 20: Doctors have demanded the State Government should follow the recommendations of the Medical Council of India in enhancing their retirement age, which is 70 years.
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) President Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan today in a statement said that Government has failed to implement the MCI recommendations in Government Medical Colleges (GMC) Srinagar.
“The enhancement in retirement age of medical faculty to 62 was long overdue and is not as per MCI recommendation which is 70 years,” Dr Nisar said.
He said these recommendations by MCI are made to produce more doctors and prevent Medical Colleges from shortage of experienced and talented doctors.
“The existing traditional promotion system of medical faculty in GMC Srinagar is in gross violation of MCI norms leading to stagnation. There is no research funding to faculty because of which there are no standard treatment protocols,” he said.
Dr Nisar said there is gross disparity of salary of faculty of GMC Srinagar and other Medical Colleges with the result they takes refuge in private practice.
“GMC Srinagar is without requisite critical departments like medical oncology, hematology etc creating lot of inconvenience to patients. Non implementation of MCI recommendations in GMC Srinagar has compromised quality of medical education and taken toll on patients,” he said.
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