Bhubaneswar, April 8 -- Hundreds of MBBSdoctors staged a dharna on Monday in front of the office of the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC), protesting delays in their appointments despite qualifying the recruitment process for medical officer posts.

The agitating doctors demanded immediate intervention from the state government, alleging that a large number of eligible candidates have been left without postings even after clearing all required stages of the selection process.

According to the protesters, OPSC had invited applications in May last year to fill 5,284 medical officer posts. Around 3,000 candidates appeared for the examination, out of which 1,840 successfully cleared the test. However, following document verification, o...