Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu on Wednesday handed over appointment orders to 72 newly selected doctors, describing their induction as a key step towards strengthening the state’s healthcare network.Addressing the doctors at a felicitation programme, Khandu said the recent recruitment of hundreds of healthcare workers, including general duty medical officers (GDMOs), nurses, laboratory technicians and pharmacists, had significantly reduced the shortage of medical personnel in the state.“Our aim should be that all kinds of treatment should be available to our people within the state itself,” Khandu said, adding that patients in remote villages deserved the same standard of care as those in urban centres.Arunachal Pradesh currently has six zonal hospitals, 17 district hospitals, 57 community health centres, 162 primary health centres and 647 sub-health centres.Khandu said TRIHMS, in partnership with New Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, was preparing to introduce organ transplant services, beginning with kidney transplants.Under the CM’s organ transplant scheme (CMOTS), the state provides financial assistance of up to Rs 12 lakh for kidney transplants, Rs 17 lakh for bone marrow procedures and Rs 22 lakh for liver transplants.
