New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena approved the extension of service of 767 contractual paramedical staff for another year in hospitals in the national capital on Tuesday, Raj Niwas officials said.
These employees are engaged on a contract basis in various hospitals, medical institutions, and Delhi Health Services in Delhi, the officials said.
“These paramedical posts include assistant (OT), lab assistant, radiographer, technician (OT), lab technician, pharmacist, assistant dietician, physiotherapist, and X-ray technician,” they added.
According to the officials, the LG has also given the nod for extending the engagement of 188 ex-servicemen deployed as foot constables on a contractual basis in the Transport Department up to 31 July 2025.
Earlier, Saxena, while approving an extension of service to the paramedical contractual employees, directed the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department to notify the vacant posts against which these contractual employees were being hired, the officials added.
Officials said that the recruitment process for 1055 paramedical posts in different categories like pharmacists, lab technicians, speech therapists, technical assistants, lab assistants, supervisors and refractionists is under the process of recruitment by DSSSB.
About 18,000 posts have been filled up with regular appointments during the last two years, and another 20,000 are in the process of being filled, the officials added.
