Haryana Health and Home minister Anil Vij on Saturday said a control room has been set up in the state to keep a check on arbitrary charges being levied by ambulance operators and to clamp down on black marketing of medicines.
So far, 45 people have been arrested in this regard, he said in a statement issued here. Vij said cases of arbitrary charges being levied by ambulance operators have become rampant these days due to which the government is keeping a strict vigil on it. He said strict action will be taken in cases of black marketing of medicines and overcharging of ambulances, and added that anyone can approach the control room and file a complaint.
The minister saluted doctors, nurses, para-medical staff, government employees and other frontline workers working day and night to save the lives of coronavirus patients and hoped that the state would be able to overcome the pandemic with their untiring efforts.