To overcome the challenge of shortage of doctors in the state government hospitals, the Delhi Health Ministry is relying on the expertise of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) to fill its vacancies of medical professionals.
Students who are graduating out of MAMC are being enrolled not only in the state-run hospitals, but also in mohalla clinics – initiated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regime – and polyclinics to improve the primary healthcare system of the city.
The government has proposed to open around 1,000 mohalla clinics and 150 polyclinics near the year end for which it is trying to recruit medical professionals. However, as per a source from the Health ministry, most of those selected will be graduates of MAMC.
Speaking to Millennium Post, a senior faculty member at MAMC confirmed that there is a huge demand for students in the state-run medical institutions and also said that in the coming months the dental department at the polyclinic in Kanti Nagar will be run by dentists who graduated from MAMC. In the on-going strike at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, interns have been roped in to assist senior doctors in the emergency ward.
The relevance of MAMC was also raised recently by the Delhi Health minister Satyendar Jain, who in the convocation ceremony asked the students to serve in Delhi than go to abroad for work or for further studies. Jain said that the state was mulling to introduce 50 per cent reservation for doctors who have done their MBBS from Delhi for the post of senior resident doctors.
A senior faculty member who has spent 30 years in the college said: “The talent in the institution is top class and this can be reflected from the research been done at the institute.”