Gujarat: Healthcare to be closer & better

Ahmedabad | Friday | 9th August, 2019

Summary:

Citizens can now expect to get better healthcare services closer to their homes, as the local civic body plans to improve the pay structure of its medical and paramedical workforce providing primary and secondary healthcare infrastructure. It also plans to recruit close to 700 personnel and expand secondary healthcare infrastructure. The state government will fund the pay expense of this medical and paramedical staff. The tertiary infrastructure consists of large multi-super-specialty hospitals like LG Hospital, Shardaben Hospital, VS Hospital, and newly commissioned SVP hospital. “Now a UHC will run like a private clinic of a doctor, while a CHC will operate like a multispeciality hospital..