Overview
- Doctors staged protests and suspended outpatient services on Friday at major hospitals and district centres to press complaints about the transfer exercise.
- The Telangana Government Doctors Association said it called off the statewide agitation after the health minister pledged to review transfer decisions and address grievances.
- Protesting doctors want full implementation of G.O. No. 38, immediate approval of pending transfers, spouse-posting priority, exemption for recognised association office-bearers, and a return to offline counselling because the online portal shows incomplete vacancy information.
- The Department of Medical Education said outpatient, inpatient and surgical services were continuing normally and defended the online transfer portal as transparent.
- G.O. No. 38 sets transfer priority rules for spouses, long-serving rural staff and other categories, and doctors warn that any reclassification of ‘focal’ and ‘non-focal’ posts could disadvantage rural clinicians and trigger renewed action if the review does not resolve transparency concerns.