Punjab Government has decided to appoint full-time managers for various rehabilitation centres in the State.
Approval to appoint these managers on contract basis has been granted by the Government in order to ensure proper management and smooth functioning of these rehabilitation centres, said the State Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Vini Mahajan on Thursday.
Mahajan said that walk-in interview for the Managers’ post will be held on September 18 in the premises of Punjab Health System Corporation wherein the eligible candidates can appear along with their original testimonials.
The recruitment process will be held under the chairmanship of PGI’s Psychiatry Department professor Dr Ajit Awasthi and other committee members will include Special Secretary, Health Vikas
Garg, Patiala Government Medical College Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry Dr BS Sidhu, and State Programme Officer (Mental Health Programme), Punjab.
Mahajan said that already, Punjab State Board for De-addiction and Rehabilitation has been constituted under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Medical Professors and prominent members of the civil society have been associated with this board.
Similarly, in all districts of Punjab, De-addiction and Rehabilitation Societies have been constituted under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioners of the concerned district.
Mahajan said that these rehabilitation centers play a major role in mainstreaming of drug abuse victims as after de-addiction, patients are shifted to these rehabilitation centers for mainstreaming, where they are given vocational training along with indoor and outdoor sports activities.