Amarinder Singh meets Harish Rawat as Sidhu sees PPCC Prez indiatoday.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatoday.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Indian authorities have arrested 14 people, including doctors and medical workers involved, for condoning alleged vaccination scam that lured thousands of people to have fallen prey.
In the country s western Maharashtra state, senior official Vishal Thakur of the Mumbai police department said that around 12 fake vaccination drives were investigated for giving shots of saline solution to thousands of people who thought they were getting coronavirus vaccines. Thakur said that the fake vaccination camps were injecting saltwater to an estimated 2,500 people, charging them with fees and earning up to $28,000 in total.
(Photo : Photo by Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
MOHALI, INDIA - JUNE 6: Police arrest Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Jai Kishan Rori and other leaders during a protest and gherao at the residence of Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on the issue of an alleged Covid-19 vaccination scam, on June 6, 2021 in Mohali, India.
Perk row: Punjab government doctors to go on 3-day strike tomorrow tribuneindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
761
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 2
The Punjab Civil Medical Services doctors today suspended their week-long protest following an assurance by Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu to take up their demands with Cabinet colleagues.
A delegation of the joint coordination committee led by Dr Gagandeep Singh, PCMS Association president, met Sidhu to discuss their demand for withdrawal of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendation to reduce their non-practicing allowance (NPA) from 25 per cent to 20 per cent and delink it from the basic pay.
“We met the minister today, who assured that our demand would be discussed in the Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting, scheduled for July 6. He assured that the order regarding the NPA would be set aside. Thus we have postponed our protest till Tuesday,” Dr Gagandeep Singh told The Tribune.
2327
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 1
Doctors working in Punjab Government-run health facilities who observed a daylong strike today have decided to continue their agitation on Friday as well after an association leader heading the protest in Bathinda was transferred to Fazilka.
PCMSA threatens to intensify agitation
Transferring an association leader amid the protest is sheer victimisation. We may go in for an indefinite stir if the transfer orders aren’t cancelled. Dr Gagandeep Shergill, PCMSA a senior Vice-President
The patients were at the receiving end across Punjab as OPDs, elective surgeries and online consultations remained suspended, though emergency and Covid-related services functioned as usual.