The West Bengal Health Recruitment Board (WBHRB) under the Government of West Bengal has issued a significant recruitment advertisement for the post of Medical Officer (Specialist). This is a Special Drive for Reserved Categories – SECOND CYCLE, aiming to fill a total of 528 (Five Hundred Twenty Eight) posts across sixteen medical disciplines. The recruitment falls under the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Health Services (MA) branch.
Key Recruitment Details
The recruitment process is exclusively for online applications. Interested and eligible candidates are advised to take note of the crucial dates and the official website for all procedures.
Important Dates
| Event | Date & Time |
| Publication of Detailed Advertisement (on WBHRB website) | October 16, 2025 (02:00 PM) |
| Online Registration and Submission of Application Starts | October 17, 2025 (10:00 AM) |
| Online Registration and Submission of Application Ends | November 28, 2025 (02:00 PM) |
| Edit Window for Applications Opens | December 1, 2025 (10:00 AM) |
| Edit Window for Applications Closes | December 3, 2025 (05:00 PM) |
The official website for all related information, including eligibility, scale of pay, and other conditions, is www.hrb.wb.gov.in1.
Vacancy Breakdown by Discipline and Category
The advertisement provides a detailed, category-wise breakdown of the 528 vacancies. The recruitment focuses on filling positions reserved for SC, ST, OBC (Category-A and Category-B), and Unreserved (PWD) categories. No vacancies are open for the general Unreserved (UR) category or the EWS category in this specific drive.
Category-wise Vacancy Distribution for Medical Officer (Specialist)
| Sl. No. | Discipline | SC | ST | OBC Category-A | OBC Category-B | Unreserved (PWD) | TOTAL VACANCY |
| 1. | General Medicine | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 47 |
| 2. | General Surgery | 28 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 70 |
| 3. | Gynae & Obs | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
| 4. | Anaesthesia | 42 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 93 |
| 5. | Ophthalmology | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 40 |
| 6. | Otorhinolaryngology | 18 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 48 |
| 7. | Dermatology | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8. | Pathology | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 9. | Biochemistry | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 31 |
| 10. | Microbiology | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11. | Paediatric Medicine | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 39 |
| 12. | Orthopaedic Surgery | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 41 |
| 13. | Oncology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 14. | Radiodiagnosis | 21 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 47 |
| 15. | Psychiatry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16. | Medicolegal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 201 | 87 | 125 | 79 | 36 | 528 |
Top Vacancies by Discipline
The disciplines with the highest number of vacancies are:
- Anaesthesia: 93 posts
- General Surgery: 70 posts
- General Medicine: 47 posts
- Radiodiagnosis: 47 posts
- Otorhinolaryngology: 48 posts
Candidates are urged to carefully review the complete details available on the official WBHRB website before initiating the online registration and application submission process. This recruitment is a crucial step to strengthen the specialist medical services across the state.
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