New Delhi, July 31 -- The Delhi health department has issued an order appointing three officers to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) to oversee routine administrative and financial matters in the absence of the DGHS director. Presently, the DGHS is looking after the matters of the DMC after the latter was dissolved by the former Lieutenant Governor, VK Saxena, following allegations of irregularities in administrative and financial services. The appointments come amid delays in the DMC's delivery of services, including registering doctors in Delhi, issuing no-objection and good-standing certificates, and handling complaints of professional misconduct. Registration with the council is mandatory for doctors to legally practise medicine in Delhi, join hospitals, pursue higher education, apply for government positions, or seek employment abroad. In an order dated Tuesday, the health department stated that during the absence of the DGHS chief, the medical director of GTB Hospital will serve as the first link officer....