‘Recruit staff on urgent basis in health centres’

Jaipur: Posts lying vacant in the community health centres, trauma centres and other facilities should be filled on urgent temporary basis (UTB), additional chief secretary (health) Shubhra Singh directed the officials while inspecting the health facilities in Sikar.

She said that for the smooth functioning of the medical institutions, recruitment of doctors and paramedical staff is being done by the government. Till the completion of these new recruitments, the rules have been relaxed to fill the sanctioned posts on UTB and instructions have been issued regarding this.

She inspected the trauma centre building of Ringas, which was announced in the 2023-24 budget. She said that it will be made operational soon. For making it functional, recruitment of three orthopaedics specialists, three surgeons and ten nursing staff has been approved in Trauma Centre under Transfer Scheme and UTB scheme. She also inspected Ringas Community Health Center and Thikaria PHC.