HYDERABAD: In a major reshuffle under the general transfers, the health department has transferred 184 professors across various departments of government medical colleges (GMCs) in the state. The transfer order was released by Health Secretary Christina Z Chongthu on July 21 under the Director of Medical Education (DME).
Interestingly, professors from districts have been transferred to the state capital while many of the professors working in hospitals in Hyderabad have been shifted to districts.
Notable transfers include Dr T Shankar, superintendent of the government ENT hospital, and Dr V Rajalingam, superintendent of Sarojini Eye hospital, who have both been moved to GMC, Yadadri. Dr T Usha Rani, superintendent of Niloufer Hospital, has been posted to GMC, Nizamabad, while Dr P Mahboob Khan, superintendent of Chest Hospital, has been sent to GMC, Maheshwaram.
The reshuffle also impacted additional directors of medical education at Gandhi Medical College and Osmania General Hospital, with district hospital doctors reposted to city hospitals. Dr K Ramesh Reddy, principal of Gandhi Medical College, was transferred to GMC, Yadadri Bhongir, replaced by Dr K Indira, principal of GMC, Nizamabad. Fever Hospital superintendent K Shankar has been transferred to Government Medical College, Jangaon.
Other transfers include Dr B Nagendar, superintendent of Osmania General Hospital, who was moved to the GGH, Maheshwaram, and M Raja Rao, superintendent of Gandhi Hospital, transferred to GGH, Yadadri Bhongir. Dr Ch N Raj Kumari from GMC, Nalgonda has replaced Dr Raja Rao as superintendent.
Dr Bandi Triveni from Osmania General Hospital has been transferred to GMC, Maheshwaram.
The transfer affects various departments: 18 professors from anaesthesia, five from anatomy, six from biochemistry, four from dermatology, six from ENT, four from forensic medicine, 18 from general medicine, 17 from general surgery, one from hospital administration, six from microbiology, 20 from obstetrics and gynaecology, five from ophthalmology, 11 from orthopaedics, 16 from paediatrics, 13 from pathology, eight from pharmacology, five from physiology, six from psychiatry, five from radiodiagnosis, one from radiotherapy, six from social and preventive medicine, and three from TB and chest disease.