The counselling for 1,021 doctors, who were selected through the Medical Services Recruitment Board examination to fill vacancies in 20 health unit districts (HUD) in Tamil Nadu, would conclude by Sunday evening, said Health Minister Ma. Subramanian in Coimbatore on Sunday.
Addressing journalists, Mr. Subramanian said the counselling sessions on Saturday and Sunday were first of its kind held for fresh doctors in the country.
The 1,021 chosen candidates would be posted in government hospitals in 20 HUDs where vacancies of doctors were high. There were a total of 1,127 vacant posts in the 20 HUDs, which were intimated to the candidates who attended the counselling.
The Minister added that appointment letters for the 1,021 doctors would be handed over in a function to be held at The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University in Guindy on Tuesday, February 6.
The vacant posts of doctors are in Aranthangi, Ariyalur, Cheyyar, Dindigul, Kovilpatti, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Paramakudi, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Sivagangai, Sivakasi, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, the Nilgiris, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Thiruvarur, and Virudhunagar HUDs.
