In its drive to strengthen the health services in the State, Punjab Government has recruited 602 staff nurses on regular basis. “Six hundred and two staff nurses have been recruited through a transparent and fair process of recruitment.
The newly selected staff nurses would be shortly joining the department,” said Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Madan Mohan Mittal.
Mittal further added that more doctors and other supporting staff would also be recruited in the Health Department very soon. “We are in a process to improve infrastructure and provide ultra modern healthcare facilities in the Government hospitals,” he added. Minister said the norms for staff nurses have significantly been enhanced and additional posts have been created for running the de-addiction centres, ICU and SNCUs. In a new initiative, these newly selected staff nurses would be imparted a six-day orientation and induction training course in order to sensitise and train them regarding various national health programmes, orientation about their profile and the nature of duties expected from them.
The induction course for these staff nurses would begin from July 8 in a phased manner. He said that recruitment of staff nurses would not only provide employment to youth but also greatly help in bridging the gap of paramedical staff in the health institutions and further improve the patient care services, especially the indoor services in the Government hospitals.
Mittal said that the department has also finalized the list of 21 Psychiatric Social Workers who will the posted in various de-addiction centres in the state and work as counsellors along with Psychiatrists already posted there. The detail of selection letter along with the list of qualifying staff nurses is available on the department’s website www.pbhealth.gov.in.