Odisha Govt creates 5000 LTRMO post
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved the creation of 5000 posts of Leave Training Reserve Medical Officers (LTRMO) to provide adequate health service in the state.
"I am directed to convey the sanction of Governor for the creation of 5000 (Five thousand) posts of LTRMO in the rank of Group-A (Junior Branch) of Odisha Medical and Health Services (OMHS) Cadre in the scale of pay of level-12 of Pay Matrix of ORSP Rules, 2017 for the peripheral Health Institutions of the State to provide adequate health service to the people of the State," a letter from State Health Secretary to Principal Accountant General read.
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The Odisha Public Service Commission will fill these 5000 LTRMO posts. The medical officers will be posted at 30 District Headquarters Hospitals, 32 Sub-Divisional Hospitals, 375 Community Health Centres, Urban Community Health Centres, Capital Hospital Bhubaneswar and Rourkela Government Hospital.
As per a media report in The Indian Express, In a letter to the principal accountant general, the health secretary on Wednesday intimated that the creation of posts has been approved by the Governor following due concurrence by the Finance Department. As per the decision, the highest 65 more posts have been created in Ganjam DHH, followed by 64 in Mayurbhanj, 45 each in Sundargarh and RGH and 35 in Capital Hospital while 20 posts each have been added in six DHHs and 15 posts each in the rest 21 DHHs.
Each of the 32 sub-divisional hospitals will have 15 doctors and each of the 375 CHCs will have 10 doctors more after the appointment of additional doctors.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that taking issue with the state government's present affidavit, the Odisha High Court has instructed the government to file an improved affidavit in line with a previous direction of the court regarding filling up all sanctioned posts in the state-run hospitals and medical colleges.
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