Infra upgraded post Covid, Punjab tells Union Govt

Ludhiana, April 12

The state government has strengthened the health infrastructure to a great extent since Covid spread early last year and all-out efforts were being made to contain the further surge of the virus.

This was submitted by Punjab to the Centre in response to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan’s letter dated April 10, flagging certain gaps in the state’s health infrastructure following the report by the Central teams visiting the state.

In the letter, a copy of which is with The Tribune, Principal Health Secretary Hussan Lal informed the Union Health Secretary that the state had added more than 6,000 healthcare workers of various categories in the last one year to augment the healthcare workforce.

“Specialist doctors are being recruited through walk-in-interviews regularly. 50 specialists of various disciplines have been issued appointment letters in the last week only. In addition, the districts have been authorised by the state government to engage medical, paramedical and other workforce as per the requirement to augment the capacity regarding Covid isolation management and vaccination,” he told Bhushan. — TNS