Punjab Government has issued a warning to the unregistered doctors practising in the State. Issuing a word of warning to unregistered doctors, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Madan Mohan Mittal on Wednesday said that such practices won’t be tolerated and no one would be allowed to play with the health of the people.
Mittal, while presiding over a high-level meeting with the Department officials, took a serious note of such malpractices by the private doctors. He said that it’s mandatory for private practitioners to get registered with the government and anyone not doing so should be ready to face strict action.
Minister instructed that the officials should regularly keep a check on such doctors at district and block level. He added that if the concerned official does not report cases of unregistered doctors knowingly then action would be taken against such officials. “Innocent people have to face consequences of non professional doctors and sometimes people have to even lose their lives due to such malpractices,” said Mittal.
Health Minster appealed to the people to cooperate with the government to take action against such doctors. “People should avail medical facilities from Government hospitals as government provides health facilities to the people on very low affordable prices for common man,” he added.