Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday approved the appointment of 130 Assistant Professors under the Odisha Medical Education Service (OMES) Cadre in nine broad-speciality disciplines.
Patnaik gave the approval on the basis of the recommendation of the Odisha Public Service Commission.
Earlier, the Chief Minister had approved appointments of 65 Assistant Professors in 7 broad-speciality disciplines in the month of September and October 2022, thus making the total number of appointed Assistant Professors to 195 in 16 broad specialities, in the State during 2022.
The broad specialities are General Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Anatomy, TB & CD, Ophthalmology, Physiology, Transfusion Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Community Medicine, O & G, Pathology, Skin & VD, Anaesthesiology, Microbiology, and FMT.
It will help in furthering the standards of Medical education in the State and providing quality health care to the general public.
