Friday, 01 March 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Health minister Dhan Singh Rawat told the house on the fourth day of the budget session that all the vacant posts of the medical officers (MOs) in the State health services will be filled in the month of March this year. The minister said that at present 277 posts of MOs are vacant in the health services of the State. He said that to overcome the shortage of specialist doctors the Health department has started a ‘you quote we pay’ scheme in which the government is offering a salary as high as Rs five lakh per month to the specialist doctors.
In response to a question by Pratapnagar MLA Vikram Singh Negi who raised the issue of death of two pregnant women who were referred from the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Chaund to the district hospital in Bauradi, the Health minister said that an inquiry has been ordered in the unfortunate incident and assured that strict action will be taken on those responsible for showing negligence in the case.
In response to a question by the Congress MLA Mamta Rakesh, the minister said that 955 posts of Block Resource Person (BRP) and Cluster Resource Person (CRP) in the Education department will be filled by outsourcing. He said that these posts have so far been manned by the teachers appointed on deputation which hinders the studies in the schools of their posting. Rawat said that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 clearly mentions that the teachers should not be deputed in any of the non-teaching works. He informed the house that the Education department will soon appoint 2,364 workers to the vacant class IV posts in the schools of the State. These workers will be appointed by an outsourcing agency, he said.
