Bhubaneswar, December 28: Altogether 2,473 Medical Officers were inducted into the state medical services on Thursday. Out of the 2,473 new inductees, 2,392 are MBBS doctors, and 81 are Dental Surgeons. They joined various State-run hospitals across the State.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik graced the orientation programme organised at the Kalinga Stadium here for the new doctors.
“This induction of new Medical Officers will further strengthen the healthcare delivery system of the State,” said Patnaik.
Addressing the new doctors, the Chief Minister said that as young doctors, they can contribute immensely to this drive.
“Just ensure every patient feels a positive vibe when he or she visits you. Along with your professional excellence, your humane approach to patients can create confidence in them,” said Patnaik.
Maintaining that his Government is committed to provide universal access to quality health care services to all, CM Patnaik said, “Our objective is Sustha Odisha, Sukhi Odisha. Our guiding principle to achieve this objective is ‘every life is precious.”
“In realisation of this goal, we are on a mission for massive infrastructure development in our healthcare institutions. We are producing eight times more doctors now than we were doing two decades ago,” he assured.
He further said that the State Government was also making recruitments for medical and para-medical officers on a large scale.
“In the current year alone, we have made recruitments for 3,600 medical officers. In November, nearly 4,000 nursing officers have also joined the State Government,” he informed.
It may be mentioned here that, in the past six years eight new medical colleges and two new Post Graduate Institutes have been established in the State. This has resulted in production of 2,525 MBBS doctors and 856 Specialists each year, making Odisha a doctor surplus State.
The Chief Minister also distributed high quality stethoscopes to each of the newly recruited Medical Officers and Dental Kit to newly recruited Dental Surgeons.
The Medical Officers have been posted to different districts through transparent merit based online counselling system.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Niranjan Pujari, 5T Chairman VK Pandian also graced the occasion.
Two new recruits, Dr Anmol Mohapatra and Dr Ajit Rath shared their experiences before the Chief Minister.
