Shimla, Sept. 7 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while presiding over a meeting of the Health Department on Monday, announced that the state government is contemplating granting Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) to Medical Officers (Specialist) in the state.

According to the Himachal Government, CM Sukhu reiterated the state government's commitment to provide world-class health care services to the patients within the state, asserting that numerous steps have been taken in this regard, yielding positive outcomes.

He said that the state government was prioritising strengthening all the medical colleges of the state and was filling up all the vacant posts in the health care institutions.

CM Sukhu said that the stat...