Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Friday termed as false state government's data on vacancy of doctors' posts and claimed that over 3800 posts of doctors are now lying vacant.
OPCC President Niranjan Patnaik said total approved number of cadre post of doctors in Odisha including Community Health Center (CHC), Primary Health Centre (PHC), sub-divisional Headquarter hospitals and district headquarter hospitals is 6719.
This was announced in 2016 December after cadre restructure, though the state needs more than double the number of doctors, he said adding now the number of doctors working in primary and tertiary level is around 2800.
"Approximately 3800 number of doctor posts are lying vacant in the state," Patnaik claimed in a statement.
However, as per health and family welfare minister Pratap Jena's version in the state assembly, now 1609 doctors and 275 dentist posts are lying vacant, the PCC chief claimed and said "this is based on false data. The government is misleading people by giving false data."
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