Health Dept appoints 16 medical officers

Chandigarh, June 7

Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu today handed over appointment letters to 16 medical officers (specialist).

Sidhu said to provide jobs opportunities to youth under ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar Yojana’, the health department had made recruitment against 11,200 posts from 2017 to 2021. Director, Health Services, recruited 1,041 medical officers (general), 601 medical officers (specialist), 34 medical officers (dental), 324 medical laboratory technicians,1,336 multi-purpose health workers, 418 pharmacists,1,313 staff nurses,161 radiographers, eight ECG technicians, 55 operation theatre assistants and 60 steno typists. He said more recruitment would be done shortly, while walk-in interviews to recruit 242 specialists were under process to overcome the shortage of specialists in government hospitals. He said all appointments were being made by the Department of Health and Family Welfare in a transparent manner on the basis of merit. — TNS