Telangana’s top hospitals hit by senior faculty shortage due to transfer freeze

The quality of medical education and patient care at Telangana’s State-run tertiary hospitals continues to suffer as senior faculty remain posted in remote health centres that lack adequate patient footfall and postgraduate (PG) medical students commensurate with their level of expertise.

Accomplished faculty, including professors, are assigned to healthcare facilities where there are neither PG students nor complex medical cases. For example, a senior professor of radiology—who could be more productive at Niloufer Hospital or Osmania



General Hospital—is currently posted at a peripheral centre that lacks even basic diagnostic infrastructure like CT or MRI scans.

Departments such as cardiology, radiology, general surgery, general medicine, and paediatrics are witnessing a similar issue. Many senior professors are stationed at locations where only primary healthcare services are required. Meanwhile, tertiary care centres like Gandhi Hospital, Osmania General Hospital, and Kakatiya Medical College—where high-end care is needed—are functioning without adequate senior faculty.