The Delhi government has hired 1,388 nurses and 41 paramedical staff, marking the first large‐scale permanent recruitment of healthcare workers in the capital in roughly 15 years. Appointment letters were distributed on Sunday by Union Health Minister JP Nadda, with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh in attendance. Officials said the new cohort will alleviate chronic manpower shortages in public hospitals, where gaps have strained services and slowed expansions. Despite the latest hiring round, the Health and Family Welfare Department estimates about 2,800 nursing and paramedical posts and 520 doctor positions remain vacant across Delhi government facilities. The recruitment drive follows a 2024 Delhi High Court directive and recommendations from the Dr SK Sarin Committee, which flagged severe staffing shortfalls and procedural delays at the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board. Similar concerns were echoed in a recent Comptroller and Auditor General report detailing deficits in nursing, paramedical and specialist roles. Alongside the appointments, authorities launched Ayushman mobile health vans set to travel across all 70 assembly constituencies to register residents aged 70 and above for health insurance cards, aimed at improving access to care for senior citizens.