New delhi, On thusrday, It has been announced by Delhi government that it would create a zone-wise pool of specialist doctors to ensure efficient use of manpower, instead of posting them in all hospitals.

They will be deputed in one specialty-care centre and the resource can be shared by smaller hospitals in case of an emergency.

Health minister Satyendar Jain, “There are hospitals that have a full-fledged department with 10 or more doctors but they do not get many cases in a year and this is waste of resources and raises the per person cost of treatment".

One main hospital with all specialties, the specialty resource centre and the other government hospitals to be available in each of Delhi’s five zones – north, east, west, south and central.

Jain added, "if they need for example a north opaedic doctor for an emergency case, they can borrow it from the pool of doctors of the zone".

In a non-emergency situation, the patient will be sent to one of the five main hospitals - Lok Nayak, Guru Teg Bahadur, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Baba Saheb Ambedkar hospital and another upcoming hospital.

Or in the case of emergency, in a hospital, a specialty doctor from the resource centre will be called upon.