60 CHCs have single doctor in State: Nayak

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As many as 60 Community Health Centres (CHCs) are functioning with only one doctors each in the State, informed Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak in the Assembly. According to the Minister, five CHCs each in Rayagada and Kandhamal districts are running with only one doctor while four CHCs each in Baleswar, Bargarh, Balangir, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Koraput districts, three CHCs in Jharsuguda, two CHCs each in Boudh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Nuapada and Puri and one CHC each in Sundargarh, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Nayagarh, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Kendrapada and Jajpur and Gajapati districts have only one doctor. The Minister in response to a query of Bijay Kumar Mohanty (BJD) told the House that in the absence of the regular doctors, Ayush doctors provides treatment to the patients.

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