Ludhiana, March 24 -- As many as 13 out of the 255 specialist doctors posted on Sunday across the state will join government health facilities in the district, officials said.

All 255 appointees are postgraduates from government medical colleges and had signed a bond to serve in the state health service.

Of the 13, six are physicians, who will join at the Ludhiana civil hospital (1), Raikot sub-divisional hospital (SDH) (1), Samrala SDH (1), Sudhar community health centre (CHC) (1), and Jagroan Community Health Centre (CHC) (2). This will ease the load on two physicians available in the district against 23 posts.

The physician at the local civil hospital, Dr Amanpreet, was recently promoted to district family planning officer (DFPO), l...