Urologists work as casualty medical officers in emergency depts. owing to lack of vacancies across T.N.

Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images With no vacancies in their super speciality department, 12 government urologists, who completed their M.Ch. Urology in 2025, have been working as casualty medical officers (CMO) at emergency departments (EDs) of government medical college hospitals for nearly a year, providing emergency care and making entries in accident registries every day.The urologists were among service postgraduates who completed DM/M.Ch. in 2025. While most of them were posted to their parent departments, some, were assigned as CMOs, including in new medical college hospitals functioning without super speciality departments. Published - November 03, 2026 08:30 pm IST