Srinagar, Sep 30: The Minister for Health, Sham Lal Sharma today said the Health department was making every possible effort to provide qualified doctors and para-medical staff in the government hospitals all over the State.
 Replying to a calling attention notice of Naresh Kumar in the Legislative Council, he said the government was in the process of rationalizing the staff in health institutions adding that 600 posts of B-grade specialists had been created recently.
 He said there was some shortage of doctors in SDH Bhaderwah, but the doctors/para medical staffs were highly qualified.
 The Minister said the Health department was making continued and vigorous efforts to overcome the shortage of both medical and non-medical staff and as soon as the select lists of candidates against the vacancies becomes available, their deployment shall be promptly made to augment the manpower in various health institutions all over the State including the SDH Bhaderwah.

DOCS ENGAGED UNDER NRHM TO TIED OVER SHORTAGE
 The Government today said that Unani Hospital Islamabad (Anantnag) was run on internal arrangement basis, however, the hospital could not run due to the detachment of the staff deployed earlier for running the hospital in view of the orders of the High Court.
 This was stated by the Minister for Health, Sham Lal in the Legislative Council in reply to question by Muhammad Amin. He said department had engaged the Doctors under NRHM schemes to tide over the scarcity of ISM Doctors.

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