Karnataka's Health Department Inducts 1,763 Doctors, Specialists For Government Hospitals

Karnataka Health and Medical Education MinisterK Sudhakar asked doctors to work with commitment to make healthcare services at government hospitals world-class

Health and Family Welfare Department of Karnataka on Wednesday inducted 1,763 doctors and specialists newly recruited for the government hospitals across the state. Addressing the doctors virtually, Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar asked them to work with dedication and commitment to make healthcare services at government hospitals world-class and "strive hard to change people''s perception of government facilities." K Sudhakar called the recruitment of doctors amidst the pandemic as "historic" and said, "this is the biggest recruitment drive taken up by the Government for the Health Department to recruit 1,763 doctors at a time." "Secondly, this is the first time that the Department of Health and Family Welfare Department has recruited doctors directly as KPSC was handling the recruitment process earlier. Thirdly, this is also one of the quickest hiring drives by the Government. This large recruitment drive was completed in a record time of 6 months," he explained.