Overview

• The directive follows a Health & Family Welfare review where Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi prioritized filling gaps in rural and tribal districts.
• Medical colleges were told to fast-track hiring of professors, associate professors and assistant professors to expand postgraduate training.
• A statewide rationalisation will redeploy doctors to high-need facilities, with priority postings in remote locations.
• Incentive packages for hard-to-reach assignments will be increased, alongside steps on recruitment processes, salaries and workplace conditions.
• Plans include integrated trauma care centres in accident-prone areas to strengthen emergency response.