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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab health department will get 306 medical officers in 15 days. This was stated by Punjab health minister Brahm Mohindra here on Thursday. This was announced by the health minister on the occasion of Annual Reorientation Session-2018 held for dental medical officers. Giving information regarding recruitment of medical officers, the minister said besides medical officers, as many as 92 rural medical officers will also join the health department.To overcome the shortage of dentists, the health ministry will send the proposal to the finance department for recruitment of dentists at all primary health centres. These demands included promotions, making dental material more easily available to all the OPDs in the state, collaboration with NGOs and multinational companies for conducting oral health promotion activities and maintaining seniority of dental medical officers at par with medical officers.The Punjab government is also going to launch special programme to curb oral cancer in the state..