Chandigarh,
March 9, 2021
In a bid to overcome the shortage of specialist doctors in Haryana, a separate cadre of these doctors will be created in the state.
This was informed by Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij while responding to a question asked during the ongoing budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday.
Vij said that the state government would soon recruit 400 to 500 doctors, to overcome the shortage of doctors in all the hospitals of the state.
He said that there were about 4,800 sanctioned posts of doctors in the state, out of which 1,141 posts were currently vacant. Of these, around 200 doctors are working in Chandigarh.
The Minister said that directions have been given to the officers concerned for separately sanctioning the posts of doctors working in Chandigarh so that the shortage of doctors who are sent to Chandigarh in the ratio of 40:60 can be overcome.