Telangana DME sacks 94 govt. doctors from service for unauthorised absence

A total of 94 government doctors serving in medical colleges and hospitals across Telangana have been terminated from service due to unauthorised absence for extended periods, as per orders issued by the Director of Medical Education.

In the termination orders issued on Monday, Director of Medical Education A.Narendra Kumar stated that the doctors had stayed away from duty without authorisation while working at various institutions. The action followed the issuance of show-cause notices, scrutiny of the explanations submitted by the doctors and the subsequent rejection of those replies.

Among those terminated were doctors who had remained absent for different years, including from 2013 to 2024. In six cases, the doctors concerned had not joined duty at all after being appointed, the order said.

The terminated doctors included assistant professors and associate professors from various departments, such as Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Medicine, General Surgery, Anaesthesiology, Paediatrics, Radiology, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Urology, Cardiology, Pathology, Community Medicine, ENT, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Pharmacology, Hospital Administration and Physiology.

They were posted at several government medical colleges and hospitals across the State, including Osmania Medical College, Gandhi Medical College, Niloufer Hospital, MGM Hospital, Warangal, and government medical colleges located in Sangareddy, Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Khammam, Ramagundam, Hanumakonda, Siddipet, Mahabubabad, Nizamabad, Jangaon, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Asifabad and other districts.

According to the orders, show-cause notices had been issued earlier, granting the doctors 15 days to explain why their services should not be terminated or why they should not be removed from government service from the date of unauthorised absence. After examining the replies, the competent authority concluded that the explanations were not satisfactory.

The DME has directed the heads of the respective institutions to communicate the termination orders to the doctors concerned at their permanent addresses and ensure compliance with the instructions.