PG Transfer and Wedlock Policy Punjab Residency Program (PPM 2024)

Many trainees get married or face family problems during training. The PPM 2024 allows transfer on wedlock and hardship grounds, but the conditions are strict and the decision is not automatic.

Basic transfer rules (Clause 11)

No transfer within the same city. Only inter-city transfer is allowed.
Transfer is allowed only on wedlock or hardship basis.
Only once in the entire training.
Only after one year of training at the institution of induction.
Only from an institution of higher merit to one of lower merit, and only if there is a vacancy in that specialty for that induction.
Only between public sector institutions under SHC&ME that are part of the CIP.
No mutual transfer, and no transfer beyond the sanctioned strength.
If two trainees apply for one vacancy, the one with higher merit is considered.
Meeting merit and vacancy conditions does not give a right to transfer. They only make you eligible to be considered.

Wedlock policy (Clause 10)

You get admission on merit first. After joining and at least one year of training, husband or wife can apply for transfer, once in the whole training.
If both spouses are in CIP training in different cities, they can apply to be placed together at one teaching hospital, if seats in the same program and same year of training are vacant there for both.
Cases where the spouse is a non-doctor or not in government service are also considered, after verification of genuineness (Clause 10.6).
The receiving institution identifies the vacant slot and issues an NOC, but the NOC itself does not give a right to transfer (Clause 10.5).

After divorce or khula (Clause 10.7)

A transfer from one city to another may be allowed only to female trainees after divorce or khula, subject to:

Higher to lower merit, and a vacant seat in that specialty, induction cycle and year.
Availability of a supervisor in the receiving institution.
NOCs from both institutions and attested documents of divorce or khula.
Only once in the whole training.

Trainees on quota seats

Quota seat trainees can also apply. Their merit is taken as the merit of the last trainee inducted on open merit in the same specialty, in the same induction, at their current institution (Clause 11.4).

Documents and procedure

Get an NOC from the receiving institution confirming a vacant slot, and an NOC from your current institution.
Attach an attested copy of your Nikah Nama and CNIC (for wedlock cases).
Apply through the online portal, recommended by your Head of Institution (Clause 11.2).
SHC&ME sends the case to the Hardship Committee, which checks genuineness and merit and gives its recommendation.
Final orders are issued by the SHC&ME Department.

Penal transfer

In case of insufficiency or misconduct, a trainee can be transferred on administrative grounds toward lower merit. Such a transfer is decided by the Department, not by the trainee’s preference or hometown (Clause 11.12).

Moving to another province

Transfer to another province is not possible under CIP. A trainee who wants to finish training in another province on wedlock basis can only exit with approval, with no stipend and no right to rejoin PRP. See exit and resignation rules.

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