Rs 1,50,000 to MBBS; Rs 1,75,000 to specialist: Uttarakhand offers retired Army doctors
Dehradun: Suffering from an acute shortage of medical practitioners, particularly at remote and hilly areas despite taking all measures, the Uttarakhand government is now looking upto retired army doctors to fill in its vacancies.
As a massive incentives for such doctors, the state government has announced a double the normal salary package. Such doctors can earn upto as much as Rs 1.85 lakh, depending on their speciality.
Hindustan Times reports that the state is currently battling with a shortage standing around 60% with only 1100 doctors against 2700 sanctioned posts. Despite the government imposing compulsory rural service and repeatedly advertising for vacancies, still it found no takers for its hilly area centres.
With the acute shortage, the government is now looking at retired army doctors, and has decided to offer them a higher an increased salary of doctors up to of 50 percent.
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