PATNA: The health department will appoint 12,771 paramedical and technical staff for strengthening the healthcare facilities in government hospitals soon.
Health minister Mangal Pandey on Friday said the department had sent its requisition for appointment of health personnel to Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC), which, in turn, has issued an advertisement for filling up these vacancies.
Pandey said applications for appointment against these posts would be received from August 1 to September 2. After being appointed by BTSC, these staff would be posted by the health department in different sub-divisional and district hospitals in the state.
"The vacancies include 10,709 women ANMs, 804 x-ray technicians, 1,096 operation theatre assistants and 163 ECG technicians," the minister added.
The recruitment of ANMs would help strengthen the healthcare system in rural areas. The technicians, on the other hand, would be of great support in sub-block level and district level health facilities.
"In addition to these recruitments, formalities for appointment of hospital managers, district planning coordinators, tuberculosis supervisors and community health managers will also be completed soon," Pandey said.
He added the department has been constantly on a move to improve health facilities at medical colleges and primary health centres in the state. "Oxygen generation plants have been installed at several places," he added.
