Allegations of ragging, toxic hierarchy and lack of institutional support in medical colleges have resurfaced after incidents at Government Dental College and Osmania Medical College. Experts say systemic reforms are needed to address stress, harassment and mental health concerns among students.
A severe shortage of specialist doctors has left many Assistant Professor posts vacant in Telangana government medical colleges. Several super-specialty departments failed to attract a single qualifying applicant, while dozens of vacancies across basic medical disciplines remained unfilled after recruitment
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released Rs 107.9 crore to Telangana under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for strengthening and upgrading government medical colleges. A total of 511 new or upgraded PG seats have been approved across nine institutions, including Osmania, Gandhi, and Kakatiya Medical Colleges.
BRS leaders KT Rama Rao and T Harish Rao credited K. Chandrashekhar Rao for Telangana’s “white coat revolution,” citing the creation of medical colleges in all districts. They felicitated minority Gurukul students who secured MBBS seats, calling it proof of KCR’s inclusive vision.
Supreme Court’s judgment declaring domicile-based reservations in PG medical seats as ‘impermissible’ also means that students from Telangana will lose all such reservations within the State
The High Court on Tuesday struck down the explanation clause (b) in Rule VIII (ii) of the Telangana Medical Colleges (Admission into Post Graduate Medical Courses) Rules, 2021, as well as the corresponding clause in the AYUSH course admission rules for 2024-25. The rule governs 'local status' for candidates seeking admissions into postgraduate (PG) medical courses.
Senior BRS leader T Harish Rao congratulated the people of Mulugu, Narsampet, Gadwal, and Narayanapet, which received the green light for medical colleges from the Central government.
With this, the number of medical colleges permitted this academic year rose to 8 and the total number of government medical colleges in the state increased to 34 with a total of 4090 government medical seats.
