Primary health care centres around the country caught in staff crunch

As per stipulation, a primary health care centre is to be manned by a medical officer supported by 14 paramedical and other staff

Located in a narrow lane in Sahibabad district of Uttar Pradesh is what looks like a modest house. But nobody lives here. You step inside to find only one room where a doctor, a pharmacist, a technician and a nurse share space. There’s not even a board outside to indicate it is a primary health care centre, theoretically the starting point in the country’s rural areas. 

At a time when the government is set to roll out the biggest health care insurance scheme, Business Standard visited a few primary health care centres bordering the capital, in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana,