Jammu Tawi, March 25 -- Nearly 16,000 posts of doctors and paramedics are vacant in the Health Department in Jammu and Kashmir regions, Health Minister Sakina Itoo informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday.
Replying to a query of MLA Sham Lal Sharma, the Minister as per news agency said, that there are 980 gazetted and 2937 non gazetted posts vacant at Directorate of Health Services Jammu while 420 gazetted and 1574 non gazetted posts are vacant at Directorate of Health Services Kashmir.
She said that there are 45 gazetted and 190 non-gazetted posts vacant in the Ayush while 305 gazetted and 1422 non gazetted posts are vacant in National Health Mission.
The total vacancies in both Directorates, Itoo said, are 7873 (seven thous...