The Tamil Nadu Government, as part of filling up vacancies in health and family welfare department in government hospitals and primary health centres, would set up a “Medical Services Recruitment Board”.
“There are about 15,600 vacancies in the department including doctors, nurses and administrative staff. Due to lack of speedy procedures, appointing candidates in the vacancies was a major issue,” the Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, said in a suo motu statement in the Assembly.
A Medical Services Recruitment Board would be set up to fill up the vacancies and also to identify the vacancies that will be created in future, she said.
“The Health and Family Welfare Department Additional Secretary will head the Board. A person in the cadre equal to that of Medical Department Deputy Director will be its Member and an officer equal to the ranks of District Revenue Officer will be appointed as its Member-Secretary,” she said.