Haryana Health Minister, Rao Narender Singh on Thursday announced to launch a special campaign to fill 282 posts of medical officers falling under the reserved categories. Besides this, retired medical officers having specialised degrees would be re-employed on contract basis to remove the shortage of specialized doctors in the State.
The Health Minister said that as many as 407 posts of medical officers are lying vacant, out of which 282 posts belonged to reserved categories which included 168 posts of Scheduled Castes, 67 for ex-servicemen and 47 for persons with disabilities. The posts of reserved categories could not be filled due to non-availability of suitable candidates.