Overview
- An official circular issued Saturday authorizes postings of postgraduate students to flood and disaster zones as recognized District Residency Programme training.
- State and Union Territory nodal officers have been instructed to assign DRP students to affected districts according to local requirements.
- The move addresses an urgent shortfall of healthcare personnel during continuing relief efforts across Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Haryana.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs called for strengthening healthcare services using available resources to support the response.
- Multiple outlets report that many postgraduate doctors have expressed willingness to volunteer for deployment.