Delhi government hospitals have over 2,500 posts lying vacant: Report

Out of the total vacant posts, 1,200 are for nursing staff and 834 for paramedical staff.

New Delhi: Over 2,500 posts are lying vacant in the hospitals run by the Delhi government, including 487 posts for doctors, according to a report submitted in the Delhi Assembly during the recently concluded Monsoon Session in the Parliament. The status report (till May) of government hospitals submitted before the Delhi Legislative Assembly stated that there are 2,583 sanctioned posts for doctors in all the government hospitals functioning under the Delhi government, of which 487 are vacant, according to news agency IANS. Out of the total vacant posts, 1,200 are for nursing staff and 834 for paramedical staff.