Himachal Pradesh government today decided to hold walk-in interviews for doctors to fill 200 vacant posts of medical officers (MBBS) in Health and Family Department on contractual basis.
 

According to an official release, the step is taken to meet the shortage of doctors particularly in rural and far flung areas. The Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Jai Ram Thakur also decided to amend the policy on tendering bond money for MBBS doctors who pursue higher courses, MD/MS degree or diploma, super specialty DM/MCH courses and DNB courses, Master Courses within and outside the state.

It will be a major relief for MBBS doctors undergoing PG courses who were facing hardship in obtaining bank guarantees for their courses, the release said. It also approved deployment of two medical physicists and four radiotherapist technicians on outsource basis at Government Medical College ,Tanda, to operationalise the sophisticated cancer treatment equipment available there.

The cabinet also gave its nod to upgrade community health centre, Bagsaid, to 50 bed civil hospital in Mandi district along-with creation of 29 posts of various categories in the hospital. The cabinet approved upgrading of civil Hospital, Ani, in Kullu district to 100 beds along with the creation of 26 new posts of different categories.