Telangana Government is focusing on strengthening the public health sector by filling the vacant posts in the state Medical and Health department as well as in government hospitals. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy already paid special attention to provide better health care to the people. During the monsoon season, Dengue and other viral fevers are prevalent in the state. Taking serious note of it, the state government began an exercise to fill vacancies in the medical and health wing. Notification to fill the vacancies of Civil Assistant Surgeons, Lab Technicians and Staff Nurses will be issued soon. The state is already experiencing acute shortage of Civil Assistant Surgeons in Primary Health Centers (PHC). To overcome the shortage of doctors to provide better medical services to the people, the government decided to fill up 531 posts of Civil Assistant Surgeons. The Telangana State Medical Health Services Recruitment Board (TSMHSRB) will issue a notification to fill the posts soon. After the recruitment of Assistant Surgeons, the recruitment board will take up the appointment of Surgeons as per the demand in the PHCs.
The Lab Technicians post in the Diagnostic Test Centres are also vacant. Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad will issue a notification for filling up of 193 Lab Technician posts.
The staff nurses who provide services to the patients will be filled in various hospitals. TSMHSRB will issue notification to fill 31 staff nurses posts.
