Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora, the director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), been made the additional director general (planning and development) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The Health Service Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday.
It said that her appointment will be effective from August 20.
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She was appointed as the director of IEDCR in 2016.
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