Ghaziabad: About 25% of posts under the National Health Mission, such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists, have been lying in Ghaziabad for several years.
Revelation comes at the time the district health department is busy increasing the bed and other allied infrastructure to handle the possible third wave of Covid.
Officials said recruitment had not been carried out despite some reminders to the government for years.
Under the health mission, Ghaziabad was approved 1,098 posts, where 277 lay empty.
The maximum number of vacancies under the National Urban Health Mission (NUUHM) program, the NHM sub-mission that serves maternal and child health.
Other programs, such as those dealing with cancer prevention and control, diabetes and mental health have been functioning without heads for years.
According to the Ministry of Health data, 63 of the 308 Anmm posts (auxiliary nurse midwives) have not been filled.
For nurses staff, about a third of 204 posts like it lying empty under various health programs.
Sole Pos consultant under the National Vector Disease Control Program is also empty.
Under the Mother and Child Health Program, 12 of 27 nurse staff posts and five of the six lab technicians have not been filled.
The three Anesthesia posts also lay empty.
Likewise, 12 of the 38 nursing staff under the maternal health program need to be recruited.
“All appointments must be carried out at the state level.
Letters have been written to the department concerned and for them to take appropriate action,” said Medical Chiziabad NK Gupta.
The Department of Health Ghaziabad has proposed a budget RS 65 Crore to manage resources under the mission.
The situation is a little better at Noida, where officials claim that even though there are short of staff, there is no big job that is hampered.
According to data, 430 of the 500 posts under the health mission have been filled.
Among those empty is 36 POS Public Health Officers and 12 Anms.
“Most of the vacancies recently.
However, there are several positions of Anm and Cho that have not been filled for more than a year now,” said a health department official.
(With input from Snehil Sinha in Noida)
25% post empty health mission on GZB
