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Gurugram: Haryana is facing a severe shortage of healthcare professionals, which has adversely affected the quality and accessibility of medical services, a report released this week by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) revealed...
Based on a performance audit of public health infrastructure and management of health services in Haryana conducted from 2016 to 2021, the report says that data has been updated up to 2022-2023, wherever feasible...
The report covers various aspects of healthcare including financial management, human resources, service delivery and adequacy of healthcare infrastructure..
Tabled in the Haryana assembly during its winter session on 13 November, the report shows that nearly 41.8 percent of the total sanctioned posts across various healthcare directorates have remained vacant, with the biggest shortages observed in the food and drug administration (56 percent), AYUSH (55 percent) and Director General Health Services (DGHS) (40 percent). t Illustration by Soham Sen | ThePrint ..
The CAG report further said that Haryanas healthcare spending as a percentage of its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and overall budget is below the benchmarks set by NHP, 2017..
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