Patiala, May 22 -- The Punjab government is all set to hire MBA professionals for better management of hospitals. Those having degrees in MBA, Master of Hospital Administration and Master's in Public Health will be hired as facility managers for district hospitals across the state.

The health department has already sought from the civil surgeons the number of facility managers required for each district hospital. It has been learnt that the new initiative comes as the department has been at the receiving end continuously amid power cuts, lack of basic amenities, non-functional machines, non-availability of medicines and surgical items and lack of security measures. Notably, most health facilities across the state are helmed by medical su...