There is a shortage of staff in government health institutions in Himachal Pradesh as 6,169 out of 18,919 sanctioned posts are lying vacant, Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur today told the assembly.
Replying to a question, Thakur said the government was trying to fill the vacancies and had appointed 772 doctors but 146 out of them went for further studies.
Walk-in interviews would be held every Tuesday to meet this shortage, he added.
The previous BJP government opened the health institutions without creating the posts of medical and paramedical staff, he alleged.
The process to fill 381 posts of staff nurses and 399 female health workers is underway but about 1,000 posts of male health workers are vacant, Thakur said.
