As many as 275 Ayush wings attached with the public health centres (PHCs) under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) programme in Tamil Nadu are functioning without pharmacists.
Out of the total 475 NRHM Ayush wings, only 200 are having pharmacists and majority of the centres are working without any paramedical staff like pharmacist or nurse. All the doctors are employed on contract basis and the centres are working only on alternate days.
In Tamil Nadu there are 1580 government PHCs, out of which 475 centres have Ayush wings under NRHM. The state government sponsored co-located hospitals of Ayush and allopathy come around 479. The remaining 651 PHCs have no NRHM wing or state ISM units.[Source]
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