Chandigarh, September 19, 2019: Facing acute shortage of specialist doctors, Government of Punjab has decided to hire doctors on contract instead of increasing retirement age to 65.
Under the new guidelines, government will hire specialist doctors on contract after they retire at the age of 60. The contract will be renewed periodically and no doctor will be retained after he/she attains the age of 65.
The government has issued the following guidelines in this regard: