Faced with acute shortage of doctors in the state, the Odisha government today announced a raise in the retirement age limit for physicians working in government hospitals to 62 years.
Earlier, government doctors used to retire at the age of 60 years. However, the government's decision would not be applicable for the homeopathy and unani doctors working in state-run hospitals, an official release said.
The announcement was made in the Odisha Assembly by Health and Family Welfare minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak.
Nayak said, the state government had earlier enhanced the retirement age of the doctors working in three state-run medical colleges from 60 years to 65 years.
Sources said of the 4,805 sanctioned strength of doctors, about 1,000 posts remained vacant for a long time while about 950 doctors were on leave.
