The 110-bed Phagwara Civil Hospital has been grappling with an acute shortage of doctors for the past few months. The hospital does not have a chest specialist, a cardiologist, an oncologist, a nephrologist, a medical specialist, a urologist or a skin specialist.
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Hundreds of sugarcane growers, led by Bhartiya Kisan Union (Doaba) President Manjit Singh Rai and general secretary Satnam Singh Sahni today started their indefinite dharna at the Phagwara Sugar Mill Chowk, and blocked the Ludhiana Jalandhar national highway.
Channi remains a dominant factor in most of the reserved seats in Doaba. However, in seats where anti-incumbency against the Congress is strong, the SAD-BSP and AAP seem to be the frontrunners.