Summary:
Even as the state aspires to increase the number of medical seats to accommodate more students under the Economic Weaker Section (EWS), questions in the Assembly revealed that the six government medical colleges in the state alone have more than 25% vacancy. This means a quarter of all posts in government medical colleges are yet to be filled. BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad is the better off in terms of shortage of staff. The maximum number of vacancies in BJ Medical College is in the class 3 section. BJ Medical College is also one of the few medical colleges to have almost no shortage of doctors..