Mumbai's civic body raises retirement age for health officers

The Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) has increased by one year the retirement age health officers working in all the civic-run hospitals as atemporary measure in view of the coronavirus pandemic.Their retirement age will now be 59 instead of 58, itsaid.

It also increased by one year the retirement age ofprofessors in the BMC-run medical colleges temporarily.

"The retirement age of the health officers and seniorhealth officers of all the BMC-run hospitals has beentemporarily increased by a year from the existing retirementage of 58 years," the civic body said.

However, the decision of continuing in service isvoluntary, it said.

It said the decision is not applicable for thosehealth officers, who are set to retire in the next threemonths.

The BMC said that since a large number of posts ofprofessors in civic medical colleges are lying vacant, it hasdecided to increase the retirement age of professors theretemporarily by one year to 64 years, from the existingretirement age of 63 years. KKNP NP