Himachal Government on Saturday decided to fill up 200 vacant posts of medical officers (MBBS) on local specific contracts on walk-in interview basis to cope with the shortage of doctors in the State.
The decision was taken during the Cabinet meeting held under Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here.
The Government’s decision will provide health care facilities to the people of the state at their doorsteps, particularly in rural and far flung areas, said an official spokesman.
The Cabinet also decided to amend PG policy on tendering bond money for MBBS doctors who pursue higher courses MD/MS degree or diploma, super specialty DM/MCH courses, DNB courses, Master Courses within and outside the state. This will be a major relief for MBBS doctors undergoing PG courses who were facing hardship in obtaining bank guarantees for their courses.
The spokesman said that the State Government has further decided to procure four pulses i.e. Dal Channa, Urd Sabut, Moong Sabut and Malka from National Co-operative Consumer’s Federation of India ltd. (NCCF) under State subsidized scheme for procurement and distribution of pulses by revising the existing policy, provisions and method of procurement of pulses.
The HP State Civil Supplies Corporation ltd. and NCCF will execute an MoU in this respect. There would be saving of Rs 2.63 crore per month only on account of purchase of pulses, he said.
Giving details of other decisions taken in the cabinet meeting, the spokesman said that the government has given its approval to strengthen HP Forest Ecosystem Climate Proofing Project being implemented in Chamba and Kangra districts with the assistance from the KFW Development Bank Germany by providing more requisite staff.
This project is covering 600 panchayats of these districts for minimizing and mitigating the negative impacts of climate change by increasing biodiversity and sustained income in rural areas through sustainable management of forest resources, said he.
The cabinet has also approved deployment of two medical physicists and four radiotherapist technicians on outsource basis at Government Medical College Tanda to operationalise the sophisticated cancer treatment equipment available there.
Apart from this, the government has approved upgrading Community Health Centre Bagsaid to 50 bedded Civil Hospital in Mandi district along-with creation of 29 posts of various categories in the hospital. It also gave its consent to upgrade Civil Hospital Ani in district Kullu to 100 bedded Civil Hospital along-with creation of 26 new posts of different categories.
Approval was also given to fill up 20 posts of junior office assistant (IT) in Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni in district Solan on contract basis and fill up three vacant posts of investigators in HP Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) on contract basis, the spokesman added.