Maharashtra to fill up vacant posts of doctors soon

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesdat assured to fill up vacant posts ofdoctors and medical officers in backward and rural areas of the state.
"We are giving a priority to fill up the vacant posts of doctors and medical officers in backward and rural areas. The government has recently recruited 1200 posts across the state," Chavan informed the Legislative Council in Mumbai.
The Government is also planning to formulate a policy so that the posts do not remain vacant for a long time.
A question was asked by Congress MLC Alka Desai about vacant posts in Mahatma Phule hospital in suburban Vikroli and she also expressed displeasure about the staff being non-cooperative with the patients.
In reply, Chavan said the 130 beds hospital has 36 vacant posts and the government would soon recruit the staff.
He also said the hospital would have a facility of ICU with 10 beds.