Contractual doctors working in Bihar government’s hospitals will now retire at age of 67 years

PATNA:
Contractual doctors working in Bihar government’s hospitals/ health institutions will now continue in their service till the age of 67 years.
A meeting of state cabinet chaired by CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday approved a health department’s proposal to increase the retirement age of contractual doctors to 67 years from the existing 65, on the pattern of regular government doctors.
A total of 17 proposals of different departments were approved at the cabinet meeting.
Patna based Guru Gobind Singh (GGS) sub-divisional hospital will now be upgraded into a full-fledged district Sadar hospital. The cabinet approved a health department’s proposal in this regard.
Out of total 38 districts in the state, only Patna and Darbhanga districts earlier lack district-level sadar hospitals. With upgradation of GGS hospital into district-level hospital, Patna gets its Sadar hospital.
“The health department has already sanctioned a 100-bed district Sadar hospital for Darbhanga,” principal secretary (health) Sanjay Kumar told TOI on Wednesday.