Chandigarh, Jan. 21 -- To provide specialist services in peripheral areas, the health department is hiring specialists on a slot basis for its primary health centres, also known as Urban Ayushman Arogya Mandir (UAAM). So far, seven specialists, representing fields such as medicine, surgery, paediatrics, ophthalmology, ENT, psychiatry, and dermatology have been hired. Two additional specialists in general surgery and medicine are expected to be inducted following walk-in interviews. These specialists will provide services at primary health centres at Badheri, Raipur Kalan, Manimajra, Sarangpur, Behlana, Kaimbwala, and Sectors 25, 33, 39, 52, and Palsoea.

After previously struggling to attract medical officers under the national health mis...