Chandigarh, June 28 -- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has told the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) that 91% of its nursing staff posts have been filled.

In an affidavit before the HC, the premier institute has admitted to shortage of hospital attendants at the institute.

The hospital response came to suo motu proceedings initiated by HC on June 19 while acting on a news report which claimed that 60% of the nursing posts are vacant. The report had cited shortage of staff as one of the reasons for overcrowding at the hospital. Taking a serious note, the HC had sought a status report from the institute.

PGIMER had said that 91.3% of the total sanctioned posts are filled up in the nursing cadre. Furth...