Srinagar, March 24 -- Responding to an inquiry from MLA Mushtaq Guroo, Health and Medical Education Minister Sakina Itoo said that in 2010-11, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of India approved a 30-bedded hospital at PHC Chanapora under the National Health Mission (NHM). The facility was subsequently constructed and inaugurated as a PHC in 2014.

"The PHC Chanapora operates as per official timings, from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The staff includes 21 personnel from the regular side and 2 from the NHM side. Currently, 17 staff members from the regular side, including 4 medical officers and 2 dental surgeons, are in position, along with 2 NHM staff members," Itoo stated.

The minister reiterated that the hospital functions as a PHC and n...