Although the state government has shifted back several of the medical teachers who were transferred to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, due to a proposed inspection by the Medical Council Of India, Government Medical College was still facing shortage of staff.

The Punjab State Medical and Dental Teachers Association has written to the Secretary, Department of Medical Association and Research, asking him to shift the remaining medical teachers back to the GMC here from Faridkot Medical College.

Six doctors, Dr Sujata Sharma, Dr A. S. Saini, Dr Usha Arora, Dr Parmod Kumar, Dr Manjit Rai and Dr Suresh Malhotra, were not transferred back. None of the doctors had been promoted.

The association said due to non-shifting of these teachers, the functioning of the Gynaecology Department had been paralysed.

There was only one Professor against the stipulation for three professors while against the four posts of Associate Professor, there was only one Associate Professor.

There was also only one Assistant Professor against the stipulated three posts.

Hence, seven out of 10 posts were lying vacant in the Gynaecology Department here while there was no such shortage of staff in Faridkot Medical College, the association claimed.

The association pleaded to shift Dr Sujata Sharma and Dr A. S. Saini be shifted back to Amritsar.

Dr Baljeet Singh Dhillon, chairman of the association, in the letter, said despite the fact that Dr Usha Arora of Microbiology Department had already served in Faridkot Medical College for almost 10 years, she was not transferred back. Besides these, Dr Pramod Kumar (Pathology Department) who was physically handicapped, had not been shifted back. Dr Suresh Malhotra, skin specialist, was still in Faridkot.

It may be mentioned here that the state government had transferred 23 doctors from Amritsar to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, on October 22, due to a proposed inspection by the Medical Council of India (MCI).