PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that the State government is on its way to establish one medical college in every district of the State. He said that this will help in ensuring that modern healthcare facilities are available to the people in their own districts. The CM was addressing a programme at his residence on Tuesday in which appointment letters were handed over to 142 assistant professors in the Government Medical Colleges of the State. The newly recruited candidates are selected through the Uttarakhand Medical Services Selection Board. Dhami said that five medical colleges are already operational in the State while construction of two more is underway. Super-specialty facilities have also been established in Dehradun, Haldwani, and Srinagar Medical Colleges, he added. The CM averred that construction of the State’s first modern cancer institute in Haldwani is also underway. Furthermore, heli-ambulances are proving to be life saver for the people in remote areas during emergencies and the patients are being provided free pathological tests. Consultations by specialist doctors are also being provided in remote villages with the help of telemedicine services. Dhami said that the problem of shortage of staff in the government hospitals and medical colleges is being addressed. After the appointment of 142 assistant professors the process to appoint 356 assistant professors is underway. A total of 1,248 nursing officers and 170 technicians were appointed recently and the process to select 600 nursing officers is underway. Congratulating the newly appointed assistant professors, the CM said that their appointment would prove to be an important step towards strengthening the health services in the State. He claimed that quality medical facilities are being made available to every citizen of the State. Dhami said that about 61 lakh Ayushman cards have been made under the Ayushman Yojana through which more than 17 lakh patients have received cashless treatment worth over Rs 3,300 crore in the State so far. Dhami said that earlier, recruitment in the State was rife with favouritism and corruption but after the implementation of the strictest anti-copying law the selection process is now based on merit. Speaking on the occasion, Health minister Dhan Singh Rawat said that the government medical colleges of the State now have 62 per cent permanent faculty which will further increase to 70 per cent. He said that 70 per cent work of Pithoragarh and Rudrapur Medical Colleges is complete and claimed that both these colleges will start functioning from the next session. MLAs Savita Kapoor, Khajan Das, secretary R Rajesh Kumar, director of Medical Education Dr Ajay Arya and others attended the programme.
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