Steps to fill vacancies in hospitals

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 22. The Health Minister, Mr. P. Sankaran, said here today that measures would be initiated to fill up vacancies in the posts of doctors and other staff in Government hospitals.

Presiding over the inauguration of the new Intensive Care Unit at the Neurology Department of the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, the Health Minister said the vacancies would be filled up either through employment exchange appointments or resorting to recruitment on contract basis.

Earlier, inaugurating the ICU, the former Chief Minister, Mr. K. Karunakaran, said subsidised treatment should be extended to the poor patients even if it meant levying slightly higher user charges from sections who could afford it.

The Thiruvananthapuram Mayor, Prof. J. Chandra, released a souvenir on the occasion.

Among those who spoke on the occasion were Mr. V.S. Shivakumar, MP, Mr. K. Mohankumar, MLA, Mr. Ajith Kumar, Medical College ward councillor, Dr. V.K. Rajan, Director of Health Services, Dr. M.O. Annamma, Director of Medical Education, Dr. Kesavankutty Nayar, Medical College Principal, Dr. Mathew Thomas, Hospital Superintendent, Dr. Rani Bhaskar, Head of Neurology Department, and Dr. Ram Narayan, Head of Cardio Thoracic Surgery.

The ICU, which is jointly managed by the Cardio Thoracic unit, is expected to vastly improve the treatment of neurology emergencies, such as stroke.

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