High-end medical research is almost rare in government medical colleges in Kerala despite public health emergencies such as COVID-19 straining infrastructure like never before.
Sources told The Hindu that there was a lack of trained manpower at the top and middle levels in various departments in government medical colleges. Except the entry-level faculty, the others are not well-versed in research methodology.
“What is happening is either ‘paper presentation research’ for promotion or salary increment or ‘hyena research’, the submission of hastily done, half-baked studies based on health delivery indicators,” said a senior doctor. Proper facilities for research work could not be found in many medical colleges, he added.
