Protest over resolution to close village dispensary
Ropar, January 22
Plenty of Dumna villagers at the moment staged a protest towards the federal government’s resolution to close down the village dispensary close to Morinda.
The protesters mentioned with the dispensary shut, the sufferers should go to Boor Majra village at a distance of 8 km for well being providers.
The choice to close down the dispensary got here after the federal government determined to rationalise workers on the close by subsidiary well being centres and dispensaries run by the Panchayati Raj and Rural Growth Division.
The federal government has determined to strengthen the present main well being centres (PHC) of the state being run by the Division of Well being and Household Welfare, on the identical sample because the Aam Aadmi Clinics.
Reportedly, a diagnostic laboratory can be being run at subsidised charges by the village panchayat within the dispensary. This facility will even be shut down resulting from merging the native dispensary with a PHC at Boor Majra, mentioned locals.
Ropar Civil Surgeon Dr Parminder Kumar mentioned the dispensary was being merged with the PHC at Boor Majra beneath authorities’s coverage to supply improved well being amenities to individuals and the advantages might be seen in coming days.