Service regulations to be amended for filling posts in medical colleges- Minister
Saturday, 10 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The health and medical education minister, Dhan Singh Rawat has said that all the hindrances in the recruitment process of faculty positions in the government medical colleges of the state would be removed. He asserted that the service regulations of the medical colleges would be amended to give relaxation in age and other factors so that the vacant faculty positions in these colleges get filled up. The minister made these observations during a review meeting of the medical education department on Friday. He said the experienced medical professionals are not being appointed in the medical colleges due to the provision of maximum recruitment age of 42 years. He said that the officials of the department have been asked to amend service regulations. In the meeting the minister directed the Principals of the Dehradun, Haldwani and Srinagar medical colleges to keep 100 beds each reserved for children during the probable third wave of the disease. The minister also asked the officials to take effective measures to prevent the spread of delta plus variant in the state. On a terse note, the minister asked the Principals to take special care to maintain sanitation in the medical college hospitals and said that sanitation workers should be appointed from the work outsourcing agencies. He said that the foundation stones of the Pithoragarh and Haridwar medical colleges should be laid before August 15 and the Almora and Rudrapur medical colleges should start functioning before November this year. The advocate general of Uttarakhand S N Babulkar also took part in the meeting to give advice on legal issues.
The secretary medical education Dr Pankaj Pandey, Vice Chancellor (VC) HNB Medical University Dr Hem Chandra, Chairman of Uttarakhand Medical Services Recruitment Board Dr D S Rawat, additional director medical education Dr Ashutosh Sayana and Principals of government medical colleges of the state attended the meeting.
