Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Over 400 posts of docs vacant in MCs

As many as 421 posts of doctors remain vacant in various departments of the five government medical colleges in the state, Human Rights Protection Centre state general secretary Joy Kaitharath told reporters here the other day.

�As per details obtained from the departments under the Right to Information Act, the Alappuzha Medical College has the highest number of vacant posts (125), followed by Kozhikode MC (93), Thrissur (77) and Thiruvananthapuram (65). Kottayam MC has the lowest number of vacant posts (61), he said.; The total number of vacant posts of anaesthetists in all the MCs is 47.