First time in its history the polling for office bearers of Jharkhand State Health Service Association (JSHSA) was held on Sunday at Indian Medical Association (IMA) office in the State Capital. Bimlesh Singh Got elected for the post of JSHSA Secretary.
The polling started at 9 in the morning and continued till 4 pm. The results were declared at 6 pm and this time it is the first time since its inception that polling was held for the post of JSHSA Secretary's post. Till now the office bearers have been elected unopposed for any post this year two contestants filed their nomination for the post of Secretary. The tenure for the office bearers of JSHSA will be two years.
Supervising officer of the post Dr Virendra Prasad informed that Dr Bimlesh Singh got elected for the post by a huge margin. Singh defeated Dr Amrendra Prasad, Singh got a total of 762 votes whereas Prasad got only 205 votes, he added. Singh is presently in charge of the Pathology Department at Ranchi Sadar Hospital.
"Apart from the Secretary post which is a very important post, there are 18 other posts in JSHSA. There are seven posts for Zonal Vice President and seven posts for joint secretary zone wise. Other than this one post each for Convenor, Treasurer and Female Representatives. Other than the Secretary post the office bearers for all posts were elected unopposed," said Prasad.