Bhubaneswar: The Health department today requested the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to fill a total of 3,278 Medical Officer (Assistant Surgeon) posts which are lying vacant in the State at present.

In a letter, Health Secretary Pramod Kumar Meherda asked OPSC to recruit regular Medical Officers (Assistant Surgeons) in the rank of Group-A (Junior branch) of the Odisha Medical and Health services (OMHS) cadre during 2019-20.

Worth mentioning, the State government had created 2,000 posts of Leave Training Medical Reserve Officer (LTMRO) in the ranks of Group (JB) on August 8, 2019.