Archive · 2 Oct 2025
GMCH-32 Departments Face Resident Doctor Shortage Crisis
Imagine doctors at a hospital are missing helpers, especially in important surgery departments.
The hospital, GMCH-32, doesn't have enough resident doctors to help with surgeries and patient care.
This is especially bad for brain surgery, heart and chest surgery, and plastic surgery.
If these departments do not get more staff, it will be hard for them to provide proper care for patients.
Doctors are worried about being overworked and not able to give patients the best treatment.
They have asked for more help to keep things running smoothly.
Neurosurgery, CTVS, and plastic surgery departments at GMCH-32 are facing a critical shortage of resident doctors.
The shortage threatens to impact patient care and emergency services.
The department of surgery will withdraw postgraduate residents from surgical specialities.
Current staff in these departments are overworked.
Doctors have requested additional staff to maintain services.
- Who
- Neurosurgery, CTVS, and plastic surgery departments at GMCH-32.
- What
- Face a shortage of resident doctors.
- When
- Withdrawal of postgraduate residents from surgical specialities effective October 1, 2025.
- Where
- GMCH-32 in Chandigarh.
- Why
- Due to an acute shortage of resident doctors, leading to concerns about patient care and emergency services.
- Departments Affected
- Neurosurgery, CTVS, Plastic Surgery
- Hospital
- GMCH-32
- Shortage Impact
- Potential disruption of patient care, emergency services
- Burn ICU Beds (Plastic Surgery)
- 10
- Neurosurgery OPD Footfall
- 70-100 patients daily