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Vishav Bharti Chandigarh, July 14 Punjab has allowed a chain of private laboratories to operate from the premises of government district hospitals. These labs will be permitted to charge more than the government labs at these hospitals. A chain of labs based in Mumbai has invited applications for hiring radiologists, pathologists, nurses, lab technicians and marketing executives. Sources claimed the government was to create diagnostic hubs at the district hospitals, but it shelved its plan to benefit private players. When contacted, Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Hussan Lal said while the government labs closed in the afternoon, private labs would function round the clock. “There were multiple players but the one which quoted the maximum discount was awarded the contract,” he explained. According to information gathered by The Tribune, the company which has been awarded the contract will offer a 48% discount to those covered under the CGHS. ....
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. ....
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