The Delhi government on Tuesday promoted 632 doctors working in various positions across the national capital. The government said that the promotions of these doctors to higher levels were pending since 2013 and will be processed speedily.
The AAP dispensation issued the promotion orders of these doctors, saying the final orders have been issued following the approval of the competent authority.
With the issue of the orders, a total of 265 medical officers have been promoted to senior medical officers working with various hospitals. “265 medical officers have been promoted to (the post of) senior medical officers (Ist DACP). These promotions were pending since 23.12.2013. Health minister Satyendar Jain issued orders for their promotion,” the government said in a statement.
The orders also apply to the non-teaching Grade-III doctors who fall in the cadre of Delhi Health Service (DHS) and the non-teaching specialist Grade-II doctors. “Similarly, 185 non-teaching specialist Grade-III doctors under the DHS cadre have been promoted to non-teaching specialist Grade -II w.E.F. 23.12.2011 (Ist DACP).
“182 non-teaching specialist Grade-II doctors have been promoted to non-teaching specialist Grade-I w.E.F. 23.12.2015 (IInd DACP),” the government added in the statement. The minister directed the department of health to speedily process all other pending proposals for promotion.
