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The Faridkot Medical College is facing problems because the ventilators, he said (Representational)
Chandigarh:
Around 130 ventilators out of the total 809 life saving machines sent by the Centre to Punjab for COVID-19 management are faulty , said a senior official of the state health department on Wednesday. Around 130 ventilators are non-functional even after their installation, the official said.
He further said that the state government had been raising the issue of faulty ventilators with the Centre consistently.
The department had also raised the issue of slow installation of ventilators with the Centre, the official said.
Around 130 ventilators are still uninstalled in the state, the official said. The ventilators are installed by teams from the Centre.
Punjab govt relaxes upper age limit for recruitment of contractual employees ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 22:14 IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 17 (ANI): In a significant decision, the Punjab cabinet on Thursday relaxed the upper age limit for contractual employees of various categories working under the Punjab Government to apply for the posts to be filled up through direct recruitment.
The cabinet has decided to relax the provisions of Rule 5 and 5-A of the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994 under Rule 19 of the above rules. The initiative is aimed primarily to overcome the hardships being faced by most of the contractual employees working under different departments of the Punjab Government as they could not apply against direct recruitment posts due to excess age. Their demand for relaxation could not be accepted earlier due to financial implications, Punjab Government said in a statem