Covid-19 fallout: Govt appoints 2,000 doctors as assistant surgeons

The government has appointed 2,000 doctors as assistant surgeons in the BCS (Health) Cadre to fight the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification on Monday night appointing the doctors in keeping with the urgent needs of the state upon recommendation of the Public Service Commission (PSC).

The doctors have been asked to join the workplaces that the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will assign them on May 12. If they do not get any instruction from the DGHS, they will have to join the directorate on May 12.

"If he or she does not join the job on the due date, s/he will be deemed as not agreeing to join the job and this temporary appointment will be considered void," the gazette notification read.

Health examination and police verification of these doctors will be conducted later, it added.

In order to speed up coronavirus treatment, the PSC on April 30 recommended the recruitment of 2,000 doctors from 39th Special BCS as per the demand of the Ministry of Public Administration.