Tag: health department

Typhoid, jaundice create panic among Sambalpur residents

Typhoid fever and jaundice have been reported in certain parts of the city here again. While the health department says that the number is very less but thin attendance in schools shows the number of small boys and girls suffering from the dreaded disease. At the same time, more number of people are also coming …

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March 15, 2018

Docs oppose govt’s cadre merger plan

The Punjab government seems to be at loggerheads as a large number of doctors working in state’s rural areas apparently not supporting the government’s move to merge them with the strength of the state Health Department in an attempt to meet the staff shortage. However, the Cabinet sub-committee headed by Health minister Brahm Mohindra is …

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January 13, 2018

Looking for the right prescription

With a fiscal burden of `4,100 crore and shortage of over 750 doctors,Punjab’s Health Department faces an uphill task. In the seventh month of the Congress-led government, Pankaj Dhiman interviews Punjab Health Minister Brahm Mohindra Opposition has derided the six-month report card of your government. What is your take? Six months is not enough for …

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October 16, 2017