Bhubaneswar: During Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of short-term healthcare workers such as Nursing Officers, Pharmacists, Radiographers, Laboratory Technicians, MPHW(M/F) were engaged by Government in District Headquarters Hospitals and Medical College & Hospitals and other Covid-care Centers in the State.
Keeping in view the contribution of the short-term health care workers during the pandemic, Government has now framed the Odisha grant of weightage in marks in the Recruitment for Short-Term Covid-19 Healthcare workers Rules, 2022.
As per the Rules, those short-term healthcare workers who were engaged for a minimum period of three months will be allowed weightage of 5% extra marks in the next recruitment examination to be conducted by OSSSC to the posts of Nursing Officers, Pharmacists, Radiographers, Laboratory Technicians and Multipurpose Healthcare Worker.
This will be a one-time measure. Thousands of candidates for the above posts are likely to be benefitted by this.
