India, July 7 -- Chief minister Rekha Gupta and Union health minister JP Nadda on Sunday handed out recruitment letters to over 1,400 heath personnel, set a target to operationalise 1,100 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs till March next year, and flagged off heath scheme registration vans, in a push to the government's ongoing efforts to bolster the Capital's health care infrastructure.

At an event held at the Vigyan Bhavan, the leaders gave appointment letters to 1,388 nursing officers and 41 allied staff, a move Nadda said would fill the "15-year-long void in Delhi's public health recruitment system".

They also flagged off Ayushman Bharat registration vans, for enrolment under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) and Vaya Vandana Yoja...