The state’s health infrastructure got a shot in the arm as Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday handed over appointment letters to 16 Medical Officers(Specialist).
“To provide jobs opportunities to youth of Punjab under ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar Yojna’, all efforts are being made under which Health Department Punjab has completed the recruitment of more than 11,200 posts from 2017 to 2021 out of which Director Health Services recruited 1,041 Medical Officers (General), 601 Medical Officers (Specialist), 34 Medical Officer (Dental), 324 Medical Laboratory Technicians,1336 Multi Purpose Health Workers, 418 Pharmacists, 1,313 Staff Nurses, 161 Radiographers, eight ECG Technicians, 55 Operation Theatre Assistants, and 60 Steno Typist etc,” said Sidhu.
The Minister said that more recruitment would be made shortly in DHS and walk-in interview of 242 specialists is already under process to overcome the shortage of specialists in government hospitals.
“All these appointments are being made by the Department of Health and Family Welfare in a transparent manner on the basis of merit,” he said.
Under National Health Mission, he said that 5,212 medical and paramedical recruited during four years. “While the process to fill approximately 1,200 more posts is underway, out of which Department has called in for walk-in interview regarding recruitment of 287 more specialist doctors,” he said.