Expedite promotion for doctors and nurses in Teaching hospitals: Telangana Health Minister

Hyderabad: Telangana government has recently taken several steps to strengthen the health sector including placing importance on accelerating the promotion process for 190 assistant professors to associate professor positions in teaching hospitals.

Health Minister Harish Rao has talked about the necessity to expedite the recruitment and promotion process of assistant and associate professors. This came after a review meeting held in July where the minister gave an ultimatum to the authorities to complete the process within a week and start the postings at the earliest. 

The Minister emphasized the need to expedite the promotion process for Telangana Vaidya Vidhan Parishad's 112 deputy civil surgeons and civil surgeons. He stated that the orders for promotions should be completed in 15 days. He also demanded that Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad should swiftly complete the promotion process for 371 nurses. He highlighted that the localization process needed to be finished in the next 10 days and that the promotions needed to be finished in a month, reports The Hindu.