The State government has enhanced the age of retirement of professors in teaching hospitals from 58 to 65. He said the enhancement in age was necessitated because 226 out of 456 posts of professors at teaching hospitals were vacant and eligible candidates for recruitment were not available. Similarly, there were 204 vacancies of associate professors out of 597 posts and 1,133 out of 1,750 posts of assistant professors were also vacant. The problem was accentuated by about 55 to 60 senior faculty retiring every year and inability of government to find eligible candidates. Even where eligible candidates were recruited, four doctors did not join service when nine hundred posts were notified by State Vaidya Vidhana Parishad.

Source: The Hindu June 14, 2019 15:45 UTC