Srinagar: Minister of Health and Medical Education Sakina Itoo on Monday said that the government is seriously looking into introducing an incentive policy for doctors serving in rural and far-flung areas to strengthen healthcare delivery across the Union Territory.

Speaking to reporters during her visit to Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the minister said that while many doctors prefer to work in urban Health centres, the government is determined to ensure that medical services reach even the most remote areas.

“Doctors are ours, and they have to serve in far-flung areas too. The issue is that incentives are mostly given to doctors working in cities, while the doctors who work in remote and difficult areas deserve them more,” Sakina Itoo said

The minister said the Health D

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