8,000 doctors to be recruited soon, says AP Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav

The Minister criticised the previous YSRCP government for neglecting the medical and health sector and not fulfilling the promises. He said, "The NDA government is fulfilling all the promises it made and is developing every village."

Medical Dialogues had previously reported that in a bid to address the severe shortage of healthcare professionals, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to fill nearly 8,000 vacancies across various categories in the next few months. This move aims to improve the quality of healthcare delivery and ensure adequate staffing in hospitals across the state. The focus will primarily be on filling vacancies for specialist doctors in teaching hospitals, which have been grappling with a severe faculty shortage. 

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu issued directives to various departments, prompting them to submit detailed reports on the vacancy situation. Following this directive, the Director of Medical Education (DME), Director of Health (DH), Director of Secondary Health, Commissioner of Ayush, and Director of the National Health Mission Project (NHM) submitted detailed reports on vacancy positions in their respective wings. After analysing reports, the govt found that about 3,114 professors, associate professors, and assistant professor posts were lying vacant in different govt medical colleges across the state.

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