Jammu, April 25 -- More than 1,500 healthcare staff, including specialist doctors, will be deployed for the upcoming pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Wednesday.
Two 100-bedded hospitals, one each at Chandanwari-Pahalgam and Baltal, along with more than 100 medical centres would be set up from Lakhanpur to the cave shrine for the benefit of pilgrims, the officials said.
Health and Medical Education, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah chaired a meeting here to review the healthcare arrangements being put in place for the annual 52-day yatra, scheduled to commence on June 29.
The yatra takes place from the twin tracks - traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in the Anantna...