Lucknow, Oct 13 (PTI) As the Uttar Pradesh government accepted a shortage of approximately five thousand doctors in state-run hospitals and medical colleges, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday asked it to provide district-wise details of hospitals, the sanctioned strength of medical staff and the number of filled posts.

The order was passed by a bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Rajiv Bharti on a public interest litigation filed in 2017 by the Viraj Khand Resident Welfare Society.

The petition sought guidelines for proper medical care for patients in the state.

Responding to the petition, the state government counsel stated that while 19,659 posts of doctors are sanctioned in the Provincial Medical Health Services cadre, only 11,018 doctors are currently employed on a

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