The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association (KGMCTA) has welcomed Health Minister Veena George’s announcement that new faculty posts will be created to overcome the shortage of faculty members that resulted in the National Medical Commission refusing to grant recognition to the MBBS course in Alappuzha Government Medical College and a few postgraduate courses in other medical colleges .
The KGMCTA on Friday pointed out that the acute shortage of faculty and senior residents in the Alappuzha, Konni, Idukki, and Palakkad medical colleges had been flagged by the organisation much earlier and that the government had been requested to take necessary measures to rectify the situation. At least now, the proposed increase in faculty should remain on paper alone, the KGMCTA said.
