As many as 4,413 posts of doctor belonging to all categories are now lying vacant in the State, informed Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das in the State Assembly on Monday.
In response to a question of Congress Legislative Pary Leader Naraingha Mishra, the Minister informed that out of total 3,306 of total 8,720 Odisha Medical and Health Service (OMHS) posts, 102 of 336 OMHS (Dental) posts, 244 of 1,267 Odisha Medical Eduction Service (OMES) posts and 451 of 1,285 Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) posts are lying vacant.
The Minister further informed that Odisha has doctor to populatoin ratio of 1:1943 against national ratio of 1:1161 while neighbouring Andhra Pradesh’s ratio is 1:520, Bihar’s 1:2965, West Bengal’s 1:1350, Jharkhand’s 1:6543 and Chhattisgarh has 1:3300.