Senior bureaucrat Rajesh Bhushan has taken charge as Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. He has replaced Preeti Sudan, who was given a three-month extension in April and demitted office on Friday, July 31.

“Rajesh Bhushan, IAS (Bihar:1987) took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on superannuation of Preeti Sudan, at Nirman Bhawan today,” the health ministry said.

As part of the top-level bureaucratic reshuffle on Friday, Bhushan, a 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, was appointed Union Health Secretary. In April this year, he was appointed Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Health in April.

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The decision has come to the fore at a time when number of covid-19 cases has been on the rise and Health Ministry being at the forefront to combat the situation.

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