OPSC Recommends 1,205 Candidates For Medical Officers Recruitment

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) today recommended a list of 1205 successful candidates to the Health & Family Welfare Department for recruitment to the post of Medical Officer (Assistant Surgeon).

The list includes 429 women candidates, 3 under PwD category, 74 under SEBC category, 67 under SC category and 64 under ST category.

According to the OPSC, the Health & Family Welfare Department had submitted a requisition for recruitment against vacancies of  3481 (including 1160 women) Medical Officers (Assistant Surgeon) in Group A (Junior Branch) of Odisha Medical & Health Service Cadre.

The Commission received 2582 (including 945 women) online applications and 02 applications were rejected on the ground of self-cancellation.

A total of 2281 (including 843 women) candidates appeared in the written examination.

A total of 1489 candidates provisionally qualified to attend the document verification, however, 1436 (including 532 women) candidates attended the document verification.

Finally, the Commission recommended the names of 1205 successful candidates which includes 429 women candidates for recruitment of Medical Officer (Assistant Surgeon).