The Assam government has raised the retirement age for doctors in the state’s government medical institutes to 70 years. The state administration decided to raise the retirement age for doctors in Assam’s medical colleges during a cabinet meeting on Friday.
“Retirement age of faculty members of government medical colleges to be raised from 65 years to 70 years to augment availability of experienced doctors for educational and medical service,” according to an official statement.
“Although the number of medical colleges in the state have increased, the number of experienced doctors still remains less. So to cover up the shortage, the retirement age of the doctors, who are also faculty members, in government medical colleges have been raised.” Assam minister Pijush Hazarika remarked.
In addition, the Assam government has approved Rs 136.8 crore for the implementation of the “Free Drugs and Consumables including Tea Gardens” scheme in 2022-23. According to the official release, “It will ensure uninterrupted availability of free essential drugs, surgicals, sutured, disinfectants-chemicals and consumables in government health facilities,”