Overview

• Gupta marked Doctors’ Day by calling on medical professionals to guide the mission-mode healthcare overhaul and offer a “return gift” of collaboration.
• Permanent appointments have been issued to 1,500 nurses, ending a 15-year hiring freeze and strengthening frontline staffing.
• Seventeen Jan Aushadhi Kendras are operational with more outlets planned to ensure affordable medicines in all government hospitals.
• Priority orders for CT scanners, MRI machines and ultrasound equipment are being placed to modernize diagnostic services.
• The government aims to increase Delhi’s public hospital bed ratio to three per 1,000 residents, revive 24 defunct hospital campuses and establish a medical university to expand training and infrastructure.