Punjab cabinet approves filling up of 428 medical officer vacancies

Chandigarh - As Punjab gears up to further strengthen its fight against the worsening Covid crisis, the state cabinet recently approved filling up of 428 regular vacancies of Medical Officers (Specialists) on urgent basis. It also gave ex-post facto approval to 107 posts already filled up for six specialities.

Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, while chairing the Cabinet meet, said the staff was needed to be on Board urgently to tackle the crisis, with the state projected to be headed for a peak in the pandemic. Captain Amarinder Singh, during his last review, had stressed on the need to identify vacant specialist posts and hire immediately.

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The recruitment, to be undertaken in the Health Department, would be done by a Special Selection Committee headed by Dr. K K Talwar through walk-in-interview, an official spokesperson said after the Cabinet meeting.

The posts for which the post-facto approval has been okayed form part of ongoing recruitment process for 323 Medical Officers (Specialists). The Cabinet also decided to carry forward reserve categories posts/adjustment against Medical Officer (General) to meet the shortage of doctors. In view of the high number of suitable candidates in certain specialties, it was also decided to offer jobs to all such successful candidates in that particular specialty and to increase the number of posts in that slab accordingly.