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Delhi Bolsters Healthcare With 1,400 New Hires and Mobile Registration Vans

Over 1,400 healthcare workers have been appointed, 20 Ayushman Bharat registration vans deployed to constituencies, as part of a scheme to set up 1,150 Arogya Mandirs by March 2026.

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Overview

  • The Delhi government issued appointment letters to 1,388 nursing officers and 41 paramedical staff selected through DSSSB, marking the first such recruitment in 15 years.
  • Each of the 70 registration vans will spend a month in one assembly constituency to register beneficiaries on the spot, with 20 vans flagged off so far.
  • Nearly 400,000 Delhi residents, including over 200,000 senior citizens, have enrolled under Ayushman Bharat and more than 2,200 patients have availed cashless treatment.
  • The administration plans to inaugurate 100 Arogya Mandirs every month to complete a network of 1,150 primary-care centres by March 2026.
  • Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said over ₹1,700 crore in central grants remained unutilised by the previous government and will now be deployed to strengthen health infrastructure.