TN to see no vacancy of docs, nurses in GHs in 3 months: Health minister

TNN | Oct 29, 2017, 00:10 IST

Tiruvannamalai: In three months' time the state won't have any vacancy of doctors and nurses in government hospitals and primary health centres, according to health minister C Vijaya Baskar.

He was speaking on Friday after inaugurating the newly constructed three-storey building at the premises of Cheyyar government hospital. The building was constructed at a cost of Rs10 crore under the National Health Mission.

Baskar said chief minister Edappadi K Palanisami handed over appointment orders to 316 assistant doctors on Friday. The state government had appointed 22,358 doctors and nurses in the last four years. Of them, 2,800 doctors and nurses were appointed in the last one year itself, he added.

The government hospitals have also earned a revenue of Rs1,555 crore under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme, he said.

The government hospital in Arni would soon be upgraded into district headquarter hospital. The government had allocated Rs23 crore for the upgradation and development of government hospitals in Tiruvannamalai district, said the minister, adding that the government has issued the fund allocation order to the tune of Rs3.37 crore to procure modern X-ray, scan and surgery equipment for the GH in Cheyyar.

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After calling the doctors to serve the rural areas better, he also handed over the welfare measures to the beneficiaries on the occasion.

Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department minister Sevur S Ramachandran and collector K S Kandasamy were also present.