AHMEDABAD: The Congress has alleged that though it has been almost two years since the pandemic struck, the BJP government’s lethargy in appointing doctors has resulted in a situation where there is a 99% deficit in super specialist doctors in government hospitals in Gujarat.
Addressing a briefing, Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said that against a requirement of 1,392 super specialist doctors in government hospitals, there is a deficit of 1,379 doctors. “The Congress has repeatedly made the demand to fill up vacant posts of doctors and other medical personnel in hospitals, but the government has failed to do so,” Doshi said.
He added that the government has been outsourcing most jobs in the health department, benefiting agencies close to BJP leaders. “The health department is turning out to be an epicentre of corruption because of this practice,” Doshi said. He added that not just super specialists, there have been huge vacancies of medical personnel in civil hospitals, district hospitals, CHCs and PHCs.
