No more RMO posts in West Bengal from now on
In the National Medical Commission (NMC), the RMO post is non existent and instead, there are two posts, teachers or faculty and resident doctors.;
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has decided to do away with the age-old post of Resident Medical Officer (RMO), and instead start appointing doctors as assistant professors, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Recruitment to such posts would be done through the West Bengal Medical Education Services, he said, adding that the post of RMO cum 'Clinical Tutor' or 'Demonstrator' would be made obsolete, he told PTI.
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But the doctors who are currently RMOs would continue serving in the post, he said.
"We have decided to do away with the post of RMO. But those who are currently in the post will continue to serve as such. We will further not recruit any doctor as RMO.
"In case those continuing as RMO possess the required qualification, they will be promoted. For the existing RMOs, there will be no change in the service rules," the official of the state health department said.
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