PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government and the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Policy Board have ordered the immediate abolition of all Trainee Registrar positions in MTI hospitals, a move aimed at upholding merit, transparency, and professional standards in the public healthcare sector.
KP Government Abolishes Trainee Registrar Posts Within Provincial Medical Institutions
This step is being hailed as a significant development toward regularizing recruitment and training systems within provincial medical institutions. According to the policy board, the primary objective of this move is to eliminate positions that were increasingly being used as mechanisms for prolonged paid job extensions rather than serving their original training purposes.
Aligning with PMDC Regulations
Officials noted that these Trainee Registrar posts allowed certain Trainee Medical Officers (TMOs)—who failed to pass their FCPS examinations within the stipulated timeframe—to continue working with full pay for an additional three years. The decision brings the province’s medical training framework strictly in line with Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) regulations.
Under the government directive, doctors currently serving as Trainee Registrars will be formally notified and allowed to continue performing their duties for a maximum transition period of three months, after which their contracts will be terminated. Meanwhile, all ongoing advertisements and recruitment processes for new appointments to Trainee Registrar posts have been cancelled with immediate effect.
Commitment to Institutional Discipline
Political and health administrators have lauded the KP government’s initiative, viewing it as a decisive effort to enforce institutional discipline, ensure transparency in recruitment, and prioritize professional competence.
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The reform is expected to streamline medical training pathways, curb unauthorized tenure extensions, and reaffirm the administration’s zero-tolerance policy regarding merit in public healthcare institutions.
