Bihar: Cabinet approves 8000 posts in Govt Hospitals

Patna: In order to streamline the functioning of the medical colleges and hospitals in the state, the Government recently gave the nod to the proposal for creating around 8000 posts in the medical colleges and hospitals.

The Bihar cabinet recently approved a proposal for creating around 8,000 posts in government medical colleges and hospitals to augment the state's health infrastructure, officials said. 

Around 210 of these additional posts will be created in 35 district hospitals, 6,663 in government medical colleges, 229 in Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), and 423 in Chapra medical college, among others, they said.

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"The objective of creating these additional posts is to improve and streamline the functioning of the medical colleges and hospitals," said a senior official of the Health Department.

The cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, also approved a proposal to slash Value Added Tax (VAT) on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) at Gaya airport from 29 percent to 4 percent.

Earlier, the state government had also reduced VAT on ATF at Darbhanga airport.

"The decision would help increase the number of flights at Gaya airport. This was also done to promote tourism in the state," Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary told PTI.

"Bihar is home to many tourist destinations and visited by many tourists from all over the world. Gaya is the city that attracts the maximum number of domestic and foreign tourists," he added.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in a major relief for the MBBS interns in Bihar, the State Cabinet has given its nod to the State Health Department's proposal for enhancing the amount of stipend from Rs 15,000 per month to Rs 20,000 per month. This relief is not limited to the medical students only since the cabinet has approved increasing the internship amount to the junior doctors and staff belonging to the Government medical colleges, Dental Colleges, and Ayurvedic colleges as well.

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