Thursday, 20 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
300 Ayurveda medical officers and 70 pharmacists would be deployed in these hospitals within a week- Harak Singh Rawat
In a major decision the state administration is planning to set up a 10 bed wards for admitting patients in 300 Ayurvedic hospitals in Uttarakhand. The Ayush and forest minister Harak Singh Rawat said on Wednesday that five beds in each of these 300 hospitals would be oxygen supported beds while five would be general beds. He told media persons that there are 550 Ayurveda hospitals in the state and out of them 300 have their own buildings. He said that additional medical staff would be deployed in these hospitals.
Rawat said that he has directed the officials of his department to prepare a proposal regarding it and creation of posts for these hospitals. The proposal would be sent to finance for clearance. He said that these hospitals would function for 24 hours a day and would provide medical facilities in areas where Allopathic hospitals and doctors are not available. The minister said that 300 Ayurveda medical officers and 70 pharmacists would be deployed in these hospitals within a week. These recruitments would be done through Uttarakhand Purva sainik kalyan Nigam Limited (UPNL).
