Chandigarh, July 1 -- Fortifying its defence against the novel coronavirus and to effectively tackle the increasing patient load in government hospitals, the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval to fill more than 4000 posts in the state's Health and Medical Education Departments.

In all, 3,954 existing vacant regular posts in the Health Department, and 291 posts in the Medical Education and Research Department will be filled."Out of total 3,954 posts in the Health Department, 2,966 would be filled in the first phase and the remaining 988, which would fall vacant on September 30, 2020, in the next phase," said the spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office.

The Cabinet also gave approval to continue the recruitment of Medical Offic...