Kolkata, Nov 11 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over delay in completing appointments in the health sector, and asked officials to expedite the recruitment process.

Banerjee also spoke to State Health Secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam in this regard, urging him to look into the matter at the earliest.

“We have made around 14,000 appointments. Recruitment was delayed due to a court case, but what’s causing the delay now? The Health Recruitment Board should speed up the process. The appointments for doctors, nurses and other vacancies should be completed immediately," she said at a programme here.

She, however, did not elaborate on the court case.

Banerjee, who is also the state’s health minister, raised concerns over alleged irregularit

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