Srinagar, Sept. 15 -- Srinagar- The continuing strike by National Health Mission (NHM) employees has prompted the Directorate of Health Services Kashmir to direct hospitals and other health institutions to reorganize their available manpower and duty rosters to keep essential patient-care services running.

The Directorate has asked Medical Superintendents, Block Medical Officers, and heads of institutions to ensure that all available regular staff are present and appropriately deployed.

The institutions have specifically been asked to maintain adequate manpower in critical and patient-care areas, including outpatient departments (OPDs), inpatient departments (IPDs), emergency services, labour rooms, operation theatres, diagnostic servic...