The state government sanctioned 448 regular posts of Medical Officer and para-medic cadres to run 32 newly constructed Community Health Centres (CHCs) across the state. Each CHC has been sanctioned five Medical Officers and nine para-medic staff. An order in this regard was issued by Medical and Health Department.
The order said that five posts created in Medical Officer cadre for each CHC include one post each of Physician, Surgeon, Gynaecologist, Anaesthetist and Radiologist.
The nine posts created in para-medic cadre for each CHC include three posts of staff nurse and one post each of X-Ray technician, dental hygienist, pharmacist, lab technician, senior assistant and dark room assistant.
The 32 newly-constructed CHCs are at Siddhaur and Jahangirabad (Barabanki), Fatehganj Pashchim and Bithri Chainpur (Bareilly), Bahadurpur Saltauwa and Kudraha (Basti), Barkheda (Pilibhit), Bamaur, Chirgawan, Garautha and Samthar (Jhansi), Sathauli Qadeem, Rankhandi, Ambehata Chand and Jadauda Panda (Saharanpur), Rohaniya (Rae Bareli), Haiderganj (Faizabad), Khandauli (Agra), Jageer (Mainpuri), Kundarki (Moradabad), Gangeeri and Beswan (Aligarh), Piprauli and Chargawan (Gorakhpur), Auras (Unnao), Kudana and Oon (Shamli), Ratsad (Ballia) and Awagarh, Sakeet and Sheetalpur (Etah).