Odisha Govt appoints Principals, Superintendents at 2 Medical College Hospitals
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department has appointed four doctors as the new principals and superintendents in Sundargarh Medical College and Hospital and Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College at Bhawanipatna, respectively.
A notification issued by the department in this regard on May 1st mentioned Professor Subhra Ghosh as the new Dean and Principal of the Government Medical College in Sundargarh. She is currently serving as a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Shree Jagannath Medical College and Hospital, Puri.
Similarly, Sarada Prasanna Swain, a professor of psychiatry at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, has been appointed as the Superintendent of Government Medical College and Hospital at Sundargarh.
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Professor Krishna Kar, who teaches community medicine at SCBMCH, Cuttack, has been appointed as the new Dean and Principal of Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College in Bhawanipatna.
Alongside him, Professor Lity Mohanty from the pathology department of SCBMCH will take charge as the new Superintendent of the Bhawanipatna Medical College and Hospital, reports Sangbad English.
Medical Dialogues had previously reported that during a session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling announced that the State Government has directed the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to begin the recruitment process for 5,822 doctors.
Previously, the Odisha Cabinet announced to send a requisition to the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) for the recruitment of over 5,000 medical officers, including 124 dentists, without delay to address the ongoing shortage of doctors in government hospitals.
Additionally, it approved the newly formulated Odisha Medical & Health Services (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2025, following the decision to amend the Odisha Medical & Health Services (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2017.
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