CM Yogi To Hand Appointment Letters To 492 Nursing Officers At Lok Bhawan On March 22

The Uttar Pradesh government confirms 1,228 nursing officers will receive appointment letters on 22 March, with CM Yogi Adityanath presenting 492 letters and the rest distributed at affiliated medical institutions. The move aims to bolster health services, medical education, and patient care across the state's teaching hospitals.

The Uttar Pradesh government is set to issue appointment letters to 1,228 newly selected nursing officers on 22 March, a Sunday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will hand letters to 492 nursing officers at Lok Bhawan auditorium, while others join through linked events at medical institutions.

During the same live programme, public representatives at 13 government medical colleges and two medical institutes will distribute appointment letters to the remaining 736 candidates. The move is aimed at strengthening health services and medical education across the state through fresh nursing staff deployment.

UP nursing officers recruitment drive and job creation push

The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to provide government employment to one and a half lakh youths in Uttar Pradesh this year. Recruitment processes are already underway in several departments, and advertisements for more government posts are in the final preparation stage, including positions linked to healthcare support.

Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Amit Kumar Ghosh said the Chief Minister instructed departments to fill vacant posts so that more youths gain government jobs. Following these directions, the Medical Education Department initiated recruitment for vacant nursing officers’ posts across selected government medical colleges and dedicated institutions.

Posting locations and gender breakup of nursing officers

Secretary and Director General, Medical Education and Training Department, Dr. Sarika Mohan, stated that recruitment for 1,228 nursing officers has been completed for 13 government medical colleges and two institutes. These colleges are in Agra, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Meerut, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Ambedkarnagar, Kannauj, Azamgarh, Jalaun, Saharanpur, Banda and Budaun.

According to Dr. Sarika Mohan, the two institutes receiving nursing officers are JK Cancer Institute, Kanpur, and the Heart Disease Institute, Kanpur. Among the selected candidates, 1,097 are female and 131 are male, reflecting the wider participation of women in nursing roles within the state’s public health system.

The distribution pattern for the newly appointed nursing officers is shown below.

Amit Kumar Ghosh noted that the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, Prayagraj, completed the recruitment process for 1,228 nursing officers in the Medical Education and Training Department. With appointment letters issued on 22 March, these recruits are expected to boost services in teaching hospitals and improve patient care capacity.