Our Correspondent Kohima, July 8 (EMN): The Nagaland Medical Students’ Association (NMSA) strongly vouch for creation of more posts of MBBS and BDS graduates, and a dental surgeon post in every Primary Health Centre (PHC) and district hospitals, said NMSA president Dr. Kuveluzo Chizo, while citing acute shortage of healthcare personnel in the state. Speaking at the ongoing three-day biennial 24th General Conference of NMSA, which commenced on Friday, Dr. Chizo informed that the doctor to population ratio in Nagaland is a meagre 1:4000, which is one doctor for every 4000 people, against the 1:1000 ration recommended by the WHO. Maintaining that free and fair opportunity should be given to all medical graduates in the recruitment process through NPSC exams, he said it is needed to provide best healthcare services to the people. Although they receive a stipend of INR 18,000 per year with INR 3000 book grants through the state since 2001, Dr. Chizo said the price of tomes for medical