Health Minister Amar Agrawal on Tuesday denied in the Chhattisgarh Assembly that there is a shortage of doctors in the Bastar region.
In his reply to the ruling BJP member Santosh Bafna during the calling attention motion, the Minister said that out of the total number of 598 sanctioned posts of doctors for Bastar division, 161 doctors are already working in the region. In Jagdalpur Medical College, there are 129 doctors currently working while 235 ‘Rural Medical Assistants’ are also working in the Bastar division, he said.
Replying to a supplementary question, the Health Minister at the same time admitted that there are regions in Bastar where doctors are not available and such places are served by Mobile Medical Units and the Sanjeevani Express.