No specialist doctors to serve in rural areas

 21-Jul-15, Deccan Herald

Rural and small-town India are terribly short of specialist doctors, particularly surgeons who could save lakhs of lives in the hinterland.

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Close to 75 per cent sanctioned posts of surgeons are vacant in the 30-bedded community health centres (CHC) in small towns, which serve as referral points for patients coming from primary health care centres in the villages.

Overall, close to 68 per cent sanctioned posts of specialists at the CHCs were vacant as on March 31, revealed the latest rural health care statistics released by the union health ministry.

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