The State Government on Thursday created 11,006 new nursing officer posts to make healthcare more efficient and effective on the order of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
These posts would be filled up under the provisions of the Odisha Nursing Service Regulations (Rules) 2019. However, these posts woul be filled in the main hospitals of all the districts, including Community Health Centres (CHCs), maternity and paediatric centres and various medical college hospitals. The positions would be filled in two phases. Of the new posts, 874 would be in district headquarters hospitals, 5,400 in the CHCs and 2,659 in the maternity and paediatric centres. A total of 8,933 posts have been created at the district level and 2,073 posts in the different medical college hospitals.