Arunachal Pradesh has decided to recruit retired health professionals, especially doctors, on a contractual basis, to improve the State’s health sector and be ready for challenges such as COVID-19. The decision was taken in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu in State capital Itanagar on Friday. The State has been suffering from poor health infrastructure despite the presence of the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences at Naharlagun near Itanagar. “We are low on health professionals and need all the hands available. There is a sizeable number of retired doctors who can help boost the healthcare service delivery,” a senior Health Department official said, declining to be quoted.

Source: The Hindu May 29, 2020 14:54 UTC