‘Around 8,000 of 11,720 candidates cleared exam held last month for 48 dentist posts'
Giving an example to demonstrate the readiness among doctors to take up government jobs in Tamil Nadu, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian on Saturday said that 11,720 candidates wrote the Medical Services Recruitment Board exam held last month for 48 dentist posts.
At the inauguration of 'Miracle '25', a national-level medical education conference for UG students organised by Madras Medical College, he said with nearly 8,000 candidates clearing the exam, recruiting 48 of them was a challenging task for the MRB.
MRB had conducted an examination on April 24 for the posts of Assistant Surgeon (Dental). The Minister noted that recently, 24,000 candidates appeared for the MRB examination held to recruit 2,642 doctors. In the last four years, appointment orders were issued to 25,295 persons - doctors, nurses and allied health staff - through MRB.
Noting that recruitments in the Health department were conducted in a transparent manner, Mr. Subramanian told the students participating in the conference that in the future, they can take up government jobs in the department keeping merit in mind with no need for recommendation or to approach anyone.
In the last four years, transfer counselling was held in a transparent manner for 42,718 posts, he added.
Health Secretary P. Senthilkumar, Mission Director of National Health Mission, Tamil Nadu, Arun Thamburaj and Additional Director of Medical Education E. Theranirajan were present.
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