Dehradun : In a development for pharmacy professionals, the Uttarakhand government is preparing to amend recruitment rules to allow B Pharma degree holders to apply for government pharmacist posts. The move is set to create new opportunities for qualified graduates while addressing staff shortages in healthcare institutions across the state.

Until now, only diploma holders in pharmacy were eligible for government pharmacist recruitment. The Health Department has now initiated steps to revise the existing criteria and simultaneously expand the number of pharmacist positions in state-run hospitals, primary health centres, and sub-centres.

Officials from the department told Live Hindustan that a proposal is being drafted to reinstate and add nearly 1,000 pharmacist posts that were earlier

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