File fresh report on vacancies in PHCs: HC to Health Secy

Legal Correspondent

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Shimla, March 3

The HP High Court today directed the Health Secretary to file a fresh status report on the vacancy position of medical and paramedical staff in primary health centres (PHCs) and community health centres (CHC) in the state.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice L. Narayana Swami and Justice Anoop Chitkara passed the order on a public interest litigation highlighting the shortage of medical staff in the PHCs. In its earlier order, the court had directed the state government to file an affidavit mentioning the rules/executive instructions regarding the number of employees to be posted in every CHC.

The court had also sought information regarding the number of posts, persons posted and vacancies in a tabular form pertaining to all PHCs and CHCs. It had directed the government to take immediate steps to rationalise the staffing pattern in the PHCs, as per the guidelines.