Odisha Increases Stipend Of House Surgeons In Govt Medical Colleges; 10 More Specialists Posted In Deogarh

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday decided to increase the stipend of house surgeons of medical colleges across the state.

“On careful consideration of the grievances of the house surgeons, the government is pleased to implement a dynamic stipend at 50% of the current remuneration paid to assistant surgeons under OMHS cadre on their entry into Government Service + DA as admissible,” the notification issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department said.

The enhancement will come into force with immediate effect, it added.

The government has also posted 10 more specialists in Deogarh district on the request of people in the public grievance hearing during 5T Secretary V K Pandian’s last visit.  The specialists are from different clinical departments like medicine, surgery, paediatrics, anaesthesia, orthopaedic, psychiatry, ENT, eye, pulmonary medicine, and dentistry.

The intelligentsia of the district, expressing their satisfaction over this posting, thanked the department for quick action on people’s grievance. The posting of these specialist doctors would bring qualitative change in health service scenario of the district, they added.