Archive · 17 Jun 2025
Pune's Sassoon Hospital Addresses Staffing, Improves Patient Care
The Sassoon General Hospital in Pune is working to fix problems and improve patient care.
There are not enough staff, but they are hiring people.
They are also making the hospital cleaner, helping patients find their way around, and making sure there are enough medicines.
The hospital is also being renovated to look better and a library is being added.
They are also making sure children of hospital workers who have passed away get jobs, while stopping corruption.
Sassoon Hospital in Pune faces staff shortages and is addressing vacancies.
Efforts include MPSC recruitment and outsourcing for technical staff and cleanliness.
Hospital is working on improving cleanliness, patient guidance, and medicine availability.
Children of deceased employees are being appointed, with steps taken against corruption.
Campus beautification and heritage building restoration are underway, along with library upgrades.
- Who
- Dr. Eknath Pawar, Dean of B J Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, and the hospital staff.
- What
- Efforts to address staff shortages and improve services at Sassoon General Hospital.
- When
- Ongoing, with specific actions taken during the last year.
- Where
- Sassoon General Hospital and B J Government Medical College in Pune, India.
- Why
- To ensure patient care and deliver quality services, despite staff shortages.
Concerns
Actions Taken
Appointment Process
Concerns
Delays and potential corruption in appointments of deceased employees' children.
Actions Taken
The hospital is actively working to combat corruption and ensure appointments are processed efficiently.
- Dean
- Dr. Eknath Pawar
- Hospital Location
- Pune, India
- Class IV Vacancy
- 416 posts
- Doctor Vacancies
- 118
- Nurse Posts Filled
- 918 of 1,108
- Medicine Budget
- Rs 6 crore