Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved the conversion of 128 temporary positions in Government hospitals to permanent ones.
Ahead of National Doctors’ Day – celebrated on July 1 to mark the birth and death anniversary of one of the first Indian physicians and statesman Dr B C Roy – Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena said removing ad hocism and professional insecurity for doctors would be a fitting tribute to them.
The LG had earlier approved 918 posts under various categories for the Indira Gandhi Hospital at Dwarka.
Several posts had either been lying vacant since 2011-12 or were being operated on an ad hoc basis. This decision will lead to permanent appointment on 76 posts in Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College, 40 posts in Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, nine posts in Maulana Azad Medical College and three posts in Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, the press release said.
The posts that have now been made permanent include assistant professor - orthopaedics, senior residents in radiology, surgeons, dental surgeons, junior resident doctors, staff nurse, clinical instructor and radiographers among others.