154 posts in 61 different categories still vacant
Vacancies referred to Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited
ARVIND SHARMA
JAMMU, Feb 13: Even after more than one and a half year since it started its operation, the high-tech AIIMS at Vijaypur in Jammu is now faced with severe shortage of staff in sixty one (61) different categories required to run the institution to its fullest capability.
The Jammu AIIMS started functioning around one and a half year back giving much hope to the people of this region but sadly it has not been made fully functional due to acute shortage of staff in all categories, including the faculty members.
As per the official information available exclusively with the Northlines, there are a total of one hundred and fifty four (154) posts under different categories which have still been lying vacant in Jammu AIIMS.
Reliable sources informed the Northlines that all these 154 posts under 61 different categories have been referred to Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited with file number MR01/2026/E-5793/Advt.no.541 by the concerned authorities for filling the vacant posts.
The vacancy advertisement number is 541. The applications have been invited for recruitment purely on contractual basis for deployment in Jammu AIIMS.
The posts of Record Officers, Blood Bank technicians, Dieticians, Chief Medical Social Service Officers, Psychiatric workers, Chief Pharmacists, Chief Nursing Officers, Pharmacists (Grade-), child psychologists, Cooding Clerks, Dressers, Legal Assistants, Gas/Pump Mechanics, Multi Rehabilitation Workers, Occupational Therapists, Stores Officers, Software Consultants, DEOs, MTS, Programmers, PACS Administrators, Manifold Room Attendants, Lift Operators, Health Educators and posts in many other categories have so far been lying vacant at Jammu AIIMS, which is adversely affecting the health services, reliable sources said.
As of now, there are a little over 2400 emplyess working at Jammu AIIMS. All these were recruited under phase-1 when this institution was made operational.
There are a total of 33 departments being made functional at Vijaipur AIIMS in Jammu including 20 Specialty and 13 Super Specialty departments.
The OPDs of all these 33 departments is functional but due to shortage of manpower the required health services are not being provided to the patients visiting the Jammu AIIMS.
As per the figures available, around 1500-1600 patients from different areas of J&K UT and different States of the country avail the OPD services at Jammu AIIMS.
In the first phase, a total of 183 faculty members were recruited for Jammu AIIMS when the institution started its operations. However, since then neither the faculty members and nor the staff in different categories has been appointed in this prestigious institution of Jammu.
It may be mentioned here that the government in the Lok Sabha informed the House around a week back that 64 posts of faculty members have been lying vacant in Jammu AIIMS.
Sources said that the workload has been increasing at Jammu AIIMS by the day but due to acute shortage of staff under different categories this institution has been not been able to function to its full capacity due to which the patient care is being badly hit.
