Srinagar, May 9 -- In an extraordinary move amid unrelenting spike in positive cases, Government of Jammu and Kashmir has opened up to contractual (re)appointment of retired healthcare workers - faculty members, medical officers and senior-cum-junior consultants - in its bid to augment efforts against the Covid-19 pandemic.
"In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases in its second wave and with a view to augment the efforts of the Government in fight against this pandemic, sanction is accorded to the contractual appointment of those faculty members, as have retired from the Government Medical Colleges, Srinagar and Jammu and SKIMS, Soura/Bemina, who are within 70 years of age as on June, 2021 and are willing to join in their respective parent ...