📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Nborkakoty
Health
Assam Medical College Hospital faces 121 doctor vacancies, nurse shortage impacts care
✍️ indiatodayne.in
🗓 10 Sep 2026, 02:48 PM
👁 4
The Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH) is currently short of staff, with 121 doctor positions unfilled and a critical shortage of nurses, leading to compromised patient care.
Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh is grappling with a severe staffing gap, as 121 sanctioned doctor posts remain vacant. The shortfall extends to nursing staff, where the hospital reports a critical shortage that hampers routine operations.
The lack of doctors and nurses has begun to affect patient services, with reports of longer waiting times, delayed investigations and reduced bedside care. Patients requiring specialized treatment are being referred to other facilities, adding to the burden on families.
Hospital administrators have acknowledged the crisis and indicated that recruitment drives are underway, but bureaucratic delays and limited funding have slowed the process. They have appealed to the state health department for accelerated appointments and better retention incentives.
Health experts note that such staffing deficits are not isolated to AMCH but reflect a broader challenge across Assam’s public health system, where vacancies and attrition rates have risen in recent years.
The lack of doctors and nurses has begun to affect patient services, with reports of longer waiting times, delayed investigations and reduced bedside care. Patients requiring specialized treatment are being referred to other facilities, adding to the burden on families.
Hospital administrators have acknowledged the crisis and indicated that recruitment drives are underway, but bureaucratic delays and limited funding have slowed the process. They have appealed to the state health department for accelerated appointments and better retention incentives.
Health experts note that such staffing deficits are not isolated to AMCH but reflect a broader challenge across Assam’s public health system, where vacancies and attrition rates have risen in recent years.