Dehradun: Health Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat said that 1300 class IV posts lying vacant for a long time in government hospitals and health centers across the state will be filled soon. For this, he instructed the departmental officials to complete all the formalities and start the recruitment process through outsourcing.
On Friday, the Health Minister held a departmental review meeting at the government residence in Yamuna Colony. He instructed to start the process soon to fill 1300 vacant class IV posts in government hospitals through outsourcing. In this, 98 posts are vacant in Dehradun district, 110 in Haridwar, 190 in Chamoli, 78 in Tehri, 49 in Pauri, 137 in Pithoragarh, 76 in Udham Singh Nagar, 356 in Nainital, 30 in Almora, 46 in Uttarkashi, 85 in Rudraprayag, 42 in Champawat and two posts of Class IV employees are vacant in Bageshwar.
Asked to prepare an action plan
The Health Minister said that a gap analysis of district and sub-district hospitals should be done to further strengthen health services. Apart from this, instructions were given to strengthen the cleanliness system in hospitals, change bed sheets of admitted patients every day, put up hoardings in hospitals, minimize the response time of 108 emergency ambulance service, ensure clean and nutritious food to patients by improving canteen operations in hospitals, provide residential facilities for doctors. He asked to prepare an action plan to effectively run the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan and Anemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
Health Secretary Dr. R Rajesh Kumar, Mission Director NHM Swati Bhadoria, Additional Health Anand Shrivastava, Anuradha Pal, In-charge Director General of Health Dr. Sunita Tamta, Dr. Ajit Mohan Johri and other officials were present in the meeting.
