156 Hospitals in Odisha have no doctor- Minister
Bhubaneswar: As many as 156 hospitals spread over 27 districts in Odisha have no doctors, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena told the state Assembly today.
Replying to a question of Mr Naba Kishore Das (Cong), the minister said the highest number of 30 hospitals in Ganjam district have no doctors followed by Keonjhar and Balasore (ten each), Mayurbhanja (nine), Baragarha and Kalahandi eight each.
Mr Jena said, 1,243 Ayush doctors were posted in different hospitals of the state against the sanctioned 1,485 posts and as many as 242 posts of Ayush doctor posts are lying vacant.
The Ayush doctors, the minister said are given appointment on contractual basis in 1,243 hospitals. The minister however, clarified that the government has no plans to train the Ayush doctors to prescribe allopathic medicines.
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