NEW DELHI: To improve the national capital’s public healthcare infrastructure, lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has given his approval for the hiring of over 900 medico and non-medico staff for the upcoming Indira Gandhi Hospital at Dwarka.
The LG has also given his go-ahead for permanent employment of 76 temporary staff at Dr. B.S. Ambedkar Medical College in Rohini.
Raj Niwas officials said the move will provide quality employment to professional and trained human resources.
According to officials, the 918 posts created at the Indira Gandhi Hospital include 144 teaching faculty, 44 junior residents, 369 nursing staff, 58 administrative staff and 273 support staff that includes technicians, assistants, nursing orderlies, security supervisors and security guards.
The officials said the hospital was built earlier but could not be made fully operational.
Raj Niwas officials added that the LG in his review meetings has been stressing upon filling all vacant government posts in a time bound manner.