To overcome the shortage of specialists during Covid-19 pandemic, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Department would conduct the walk-in-interview to fill 323 posts of Medical Officers (Specialists) on a regular basis. In addition to strengthening the health infrastructure, the State Government has been laying thrust to fulfill all the vacant posts of Specialists in Government Hospitals so as to impart quality health services in the rural areas of State, said the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu.
He said that there is dire need of specialists in the Health Department to effectively deal with the coronavirus situation.
Giving details about the recruitment, the Minister said that 37 posts of Anaesthesia, 4 ENT, 44 General Surgery, 25 Gynaecology, 56 Medicine, 6 Ophthalmology, 4 Orthopaedics, 4 Pathology, 83 Paediatrics, 1 Psychiatry, 45 Radiology, 7 Skin and VD, TB and Chest would be recruited through walk-in-interview.
“As many as 470 applicants have applied for these posts as online applications are called from the eligible candidates. Now, the newly-selected candidates will be paid pay and emoluments as per seventh Central Pay Commission pattern,” he added.