Punjab Government has recruited 116 Ayurvedic Medical Officers to fill all vacant posts in various dispensaries to improve the health infrastructure of the State.
Madan Mohan Mittal, Health and Family Welfare Minister said after so many years recruitment has been made in the Ayurvedic wing and he would personally handover job letters to all new appointees.
The Minister said that 200 Primary Health Centres, five Ayurvedic Hospitals, seven Indian System of Medicines (ISM) wings & Panchkarma Centre at Mohali are being equipped with latest Ayurvedic facilities and infrastructure is also being strengthened.
He said the department plans to establish 12 specialty clinics in Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and seven new Indian System of Medicines (ISM) wings in the district hospitals of Mansa, Patiala, Kapurthala, Moga, Muktsar, Faridkot and Fatehgarh Sahib. Mittal said that the department has sought a grant of Rs67.5 crore from the Centre, for the year 2013-14 to strengthen the Indian Medical System.