Archive · 27 May 2025
Sewri TB Hospital Struggles to Recruit Intensivists for ICU
Imagine a hospital that helps people with TB needing special breathing help.
This hospital has a special unit, but it's been hard to find enough doctors who can take care of patients.
They need doctors called intensivists.
Because the hospital can't pay as much as other hospitals, it's hard to get doctors to come and work there.
The doctors who are already there have been working extra hours to help patients.
The hospital wants to be known as a special center, but it needs more staff to do so.
Sewri TB Hospital struggles to hire intensivists for its Intensive Respiratory Care Unit.
The hospital has been operating with a staff shortage for a year.
Existing staff are working extended shifts to cover the shortfall.
Lower salaries compared to private hospitals deter potential candidates.
The hospital is seeking recognition as a Centre of Excellence.
- Who
- Sewri TB Hospital
- What
- Struggling to hire intensivists for its ICU due to staffing issues.
- When
- For the past year
- Where
- Sewri TB Hospital in Mumbai
- Why
- Low salaries and fear of stigma have deterred potential candidates.
TB Hospital Administration
Potential Intensivist Candidates
Salary
TB Hospital Administration
Offers competitive salaries based on experience
Potential Intensivist Candidates
Find other hospitals with significantly higher pay scales.
Work Environment
TB Hospital Administration
Requests current staff to work extra hours
Potential Intensivist Candidates
Reluctant to work at the TB hospital due to stigma and fear of TB
- Annual Admissions
- 6,000-7,000
- ICU Bed Count
- 10
- Current ICU Staff
- 1 intensivist and 1 anaesthetist
- Offered Salaries for Intensivists
- Rs 1.25 lakh to Rs 2 lakh
- Hospital's Goal
- Seeking recognition