There is a dearth of doctors, nurses and para-medical staff at several Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs) across the country, according to government statistics. In the primary health centres across the country, 7,467 posts of doctors, out of 33,515 sanctioned posts are lying vancant. As per the government figures, there is a shortage of 2,225 doctors in India as against the requirement of 24,448 doctors in PHCs.
1,648 posts of doctors of doctors out of 4,509 are currently vacant in Uttar Pradesh as against the requirement of 3496 doctors, resulting in a shortfall of 635 doctors, according to the government data. Apart from that there is a shortage of 14,952 specialists which includes surgeons, physicians, gynaecologists and paediatricians the country as against the requirement of 20,748 specialists in CHCs and PHCs. Total 5422 posts of specialists…
