Even as the Bihar State Health Services Association has resolved to go on strike from December 5 the state government has decided to appoint 2,132 specialist doctors on a regular basis.
According to health secretary, Deepak Kumar, the state government has already initiated the process of recruitment and will soon send the number of vacancies to the Bihar Public Service Commission. The appointment would be made to fill vacancies in paediatrics, gynaecologists, anaesthesia and general medicine in the health cadre.
The specialist doctors would be recruited against permanent vacancies. Doctors with the post-graduate degrees in the above-mentioned stream alone would be eligible to apply for the post.
The whole process of appointment would take another few months as the vacancies have been sent to the personnel department for roster clearance and from there it would be sent to the BPSC.
At present the total strength of the medical officers in the health cadre is 5,400.
Source:The Bihar Times, 8th Nov,2007
