Postgraduate doctors are resigning from residency programmes at India’s AIIMS and JIPMER institutes, with Right to Information (RTI) replies cited as showing an ongoing pattern. Reports link the departures to concerns including excessive duty hours, workplace culture, and related stress, including instances of harassment and gaps in institutional support.
Several outlets say the numbers persist even where they fall year-on-year. PravdaReport and Times of India cite AIIMS Delhi as reporting 34 junior resident departures in 2025, down from 60 in 2024, and JIPMER Puducherry as reporting 44 resignations in 2025, down from 60 in 2024. PravdaReport adds that departures are concentrated across multiple specialities, including anaesthesiology and ophthalmology at AIIMS Delhi.
NDTV and Times of India emphasise that duty schedules cited in the RTI material can span roughly 24 to 36 hours. Times of India also frames the resignations alongside claims of workplace harassment and “toxic work culture,” and notes that some campuses have incomplete consolidated records on psychiatric counselling and workplace-related stress. Overall, coverage largely agrees on the RTI-based resignations and the institutions affected, while differing in how prominently they foreground work hours, harassment, and the availability of institutional records.
