{"id":170943,"date":"2020-05-02T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T15:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=170943"},"modified":"2020-05-02T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T15:47:52","slug":"outsourced-appointments-cleared-gmcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/170943","title":{"rendered":"Outsourced appointments cleared for GMCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Chandigarh,<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> May 2 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To further ramp up the state\u2019s testing facility and medical preparedness <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168458 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Covid-19.jpg\" alt=\"Covid 19\" width=\"522\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Covid-19.jpg 522w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Covid-19-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/>in the Covid battle, the Council of Ministers cleared various appointments, on outsourcing basis, for critical posts at the Government Medical Colleges in Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot. The appointments, already approved by the Finance Department for six months, will enable the government medical colleges to appoint vital staff in the viral testing laboratories, isolation wards etc, to enable 24X7 functioning, said an official spokesperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Committee headed by Dr. Raj Bahadur will decide and finalize the appointments for the posts of Specialist Doctors, Nurses, Ward Attendants, Technicians, Lab Attendants, apart from Directors and other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Cabinet was informed that from the initial 3 testing facilities, the number of such centres in Punjab had gone up to 7, with the Dr Lal Path Labs also now allowed to conduct tests beginning today. The lab collected 2000 samples on the first day, from across the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To further increase the testing capacity in the State, a proposal has been sent to GOI to set up 4 new labs in the District Hospitals at Barnala, Roopnagar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur. Additionally, a proposal to procure 15 TruNaat machines has been moved. State is also considering to start CBNaat testing in Patiala and Faridkot.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Cabinet Minister Vijay Inder Singla suggested allowing non-NABL labs to conduct Covid tests, pointing out that the state had 12 such labs, equipped with similar machines as needed for testing, and the ICMR had also allowed these labs to be used after due inspection.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, May 2 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; To further ramp up the state\u2019s testing facility and medical preparedness in the Covid battle, the Council of Ministers cleared various appointments, on outsourcing basis, for critical posts at the Government Medical Colleges in Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot. 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