Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Professor Appointments Stall Proposed Super-Speciality Units At Bhopal GMC
Two special medical units are planned at Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal.
They would focus on newborn brain care and heart treatment.
The hospital is also supposed to grow to 3,000 beds.
However, professors for these units have not yet been appointed.
A medical teachers’ group objected to how senior teachers were being recruited.
The High Court said changing promotion posts into direct-recruitment posts was illegal.
The recruitment authority has kept the process on hold.
The association’s president said an announcement could come soon because the process is nearly finished.
Professor appointments remain pending for proposed neonatal neurology and cardiac units at Hamidia Hospital.
The units are part of a plan to expand Hamidia Hospital into a 3,000-bed facility.
The Directorate of Medical Education halted direct recruitment after protests by the MP Medical Teachers Association.
The High Court declared GMC’s conversion of promotional posts into direct recruitment patently illegal.
Association president Dr Rakesh Malviya said the appointment process is in its final stage.
- Who
- Gandhi Medical College, Hamidia Hospital, the Directorate of Medical Education, and the MP Medical Teachers Association are involved; Dr Rakesh Malviya spoke for the association.
- What
- Appointments for professors in proposed neonatal neurology and cardiac super-speciality units remain pending.
- When
- The article does not specify a date; the association said the process is in its final stage.
- Where
- Hamidia Hospital, attached to Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- Recruitment was delayed after objections to direct recruitment and a High Court ruling that the process violated statutory recruitment rules.
Recruitment Concerns
Appointment Progress
How senior faculty should be selected
Recruitment Concerns
The MP Medical Teachers Association opposed direct recruitment of associate professors and professors for super-speciality posts, while supporting direct recruitment for assistant professors.
Appointment Progress
The proposed appointments were part of the government’s plan to establish the new super-speciality units, and the association president said the process is nearly complete.
Legal status of the process
Recruitment Concerns
The High Court ruled that converting promotional posts into direct-recruitment posts was patently illegal and said specialised professorial posts should undergo clear promotional assessments.
Appointment Progress
The association said an appointment announcement would come soon, although the article also states that a ban on direct recruitment for these super-speciality posts remains in force.
- Proposed units
- Neonatal neurology and cardiac super-speciality wings
- Hospital
- Hamidia Hospital, attached to Gandhi Medical College
- Planned expansion
- Expansion into a 3,000-bed hospital
- Recruitment status
- Professor appointments remain pending
- Recruitment authority
- Directorate of Medical Education
- Court ruling
- The High Court set aside the GMC faculty recruitment process
- Association position
- Dr Rakesh Malviya said the process is in its final stage