No shortage of doctors will be there in the state
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
Haryana Health Minister Arti Singh Rao said that 450 new doctors will soon be recruited in the state. She assured that there will be no shortage of doctors in Haryana in the future.
The Health Minister was responding to a question raised by a member during the discussion on the Governor’s Address in the Budget Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Arti Singh Rao said that the present government has recruited more than 1,400 doctors in just one year. She added that before 2014, such a large number of doctors were never recruited in a single year. She clarified that doctors will be appointed wherever they are needed across the state.
She said that during the tenure of the present government, 150 specialist doctors have been recruited through the National Health Mission (NHM). Besides this, 150 newly qualified postgraduate doctors will also be recruited soon. She further informed that the recruitment of doctors and specialists will continue in the coming time as well.
The Health Minister also said that PM has encouraged people across the country to adopt yoga. In Haryana too, the state government is giving importance to yoga and is appointing yoga assistants in every village to ensure that people remain healthy.