Out of total 831 sanctioned posts of specialist doctors for the Community Health Centres (CHC) of the State, 769 are lying vacant.This was disclosed by Health Minister Amar Agrawal in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Monday. In a written reply to a question by BJP member Tokhan Sahu, Agrawal said that there are 157 CHCs in Chhattisgarh. The number of sanctioned posts of specialists for these CHCs is 831.
Out of these sanctioned posts, as many as 769 are vacant at present, the Minister said. He said that the posts are filled through promotion and the process is underway. To a question regarding time limit for appointment of medical experts in CHCs of lormi Assembly Constituency, Agrawal said it was not possible to give any time limit for this.
A similar question was raised by Dr Preetam Ram of Congress. He asked about the number of vacant posts of medical officers, specialists and Class-3 employees in the State.
In the written reply, Agrawal said that as many as 643 posts of medical officers, 1042 posts of spcialists and 6167 posts of Class-3 employees are vacant in the State.
Dr Ram asked if there is any deadline set for the appointments against the vacant posts. Agrawal replied that it was not possible to give any fixed time period for appointments.