{"id":93383,"date":"2026-01-10T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=93383"},"modified":"2026-01-10T01:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:30:49","slug":"vacancies-must-be-filled-without-delay-staff-shortages-unacceptable-minister-sakeena-itoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/vacancies-must-be-filled-without-delay-staff-shortages-unacceptable-minister-sakeena-itoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacancies Must Be Filled Without Delay, Staff Shortages Unacceptable: Minister Sakeena Itoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jeg_navbar_mobile_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_navbar_mobile jeg_sticky_nav\" data-mode=\"scroll\">\n<div class=\"jeg_mobile_bottombar jeg_mobile_midbar jeg_container normal\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_row\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_center jeg_nav_grow\">\n<div class=\"item_wrap jeg_nav_aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_item jeg_mobile_logo\">\n<div class=\"site-title\">\n<p><strong>Health minister directs officers to streamline recruitment, cancel attachments, ensure timely posting of doctors and specialists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jammu, Jan 9: Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakeena Itoo on Friday directed health authorities to streamline recruitment procedures, remove administrative bottlenecks and ensure timely referral and filling of vacant posts across Jammu and Kashmir, with special focus on doctors, specialists and paramedical staff.<\/p>\n<p>As per news agency JKNS, Itoo emphasized on the need for timely referral of vacant posts to address shortages of doctors, paramedics and other support staff in healthcare institutions across Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister made these remarks while chairing a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to review the status of vacancies of different categories of posts at various levels and progress on referral of posts in Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) and Health and Medical department across Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was held with an objective of review assessing the existing manpower gaps and expediting recruitment process to strengthen healthcare delivery at all levels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the Minister emphasized on the need for timely referral of vacant posts to address shortages of doctors, paramedics and support staff in hospitals and medical institutions. She sought detailed updates on sanctioned posts, vacancies and the status of selections being processed through recruiting agencies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that efficient human resource forms the backbone of the healthcare system, Sakeena Itoo directed officials to streamline procedures and remove bottlenecks delaying appointments as well as posting of specialists in deserving areas. \u201cCancel attachments of all doctors and paramedics and post them in areas facing acute shortage of staff\u201d, Minister Sakeena directed the officers.<\/p>\n<p>She further asked all Principals of GMCs and Directors to ascertain the requirement of doctors and specialists in their respective medical institutions and make a proper plan for posting of required staff at these places. She also stressed on both Directors for rationalisation of staff in order to fill necessary manpower gaps of specialists in far flung areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Minister also directed the Principals for timely finalisation of Recruitment rules for all categories of posts so that the process of recruitment is expedited and the vacant posts are filled timely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While reviewing different aspects of health sector, Minister Sakeena also laid special emphasis on adopting a proactive and compassionate approach towards victims of drug abuse. She highlighted the need to strengthen de-addiction and rehabilitation services, ensure early identification of substance abuse cases and provide comprehensive medical, psychological and social support to affected individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister stressed that drug abuse need to be addressed as a serious public health as well as societal issue. She directed the officers to enhance awareness programmes, expand counselling services and improve infrastructure at de-addiction centres to facilitate effective treatment and rehabilitation of victims.<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating the government\u2019s commitment to a people-centric healthcare system, the Minister said that timely recruitment, robust institutional support and a humane approach towards vulnerable sections, including drug abuse victims, remain top priorities of the Government.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister reaffirmed the Government\u2019s commitment to improving patient care and ensuring equitable health services, particularly in peripheral and underserved areas.<\/p>\n<p>She underscored that strengthening GMCs and health institutions with adequate staff would enhance health care service delivery across Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by Secretary Health and Medical Education, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah; Principals of all GMCs (Srinagar, Jammu, Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri, Kathua, Doda, Udhampur and Handwara), Principal SKIMS Medical College, Director Health Services Jammu\/Kashmir and other senior officers of the department, either in person or through video conferencing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health minister directs officers to streamline recruitment, cancel attachments, ensure timely posting of doctors and specialists Jammu, Jan 9: Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakeena Itoo on Friday directed health authorities to streamline recruitment procedures, remove administrative bottlenecks and ensure timely referral and filling of vacant posts across Jammu and Kashmir, with special focus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93385,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93383\/revisions\/93385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}