Punjab extends timings of tele-consultations
Chandigarh: Keeping in view the ongoing threat of COVID-19, Punjab Government has extended the timings of eSanjeevaniOPD from 8 am to 2 pm (Monday to Saturday) for Gynaecology OPD and General OPD services. This step has been taken to provide online tele-consultation facilities utilizing specialist doctors to be available virtually in real time for patients and to ensure the safety of people across the State. Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that an android mobile app is also available for patients so that there is no dependence on laptop or PC. The eSanjeevaniOPD mobile app can easily be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
IEC University signs MoUs with leading MNCs
Chandigarh: IEC University has signed MoUs with top corporate to provide training for its engineering students on their shop floor within their industrial complex. Some of the big names with which IEC University has signed this arrangement include Honda, Okinawa, ARB Bearings and IBM. Right from the first year of engineering course, students will be sent to these companies to train and get a first-hand experience of the actual working in an international industrial setting.
UT police arrest drug peddler
Chandigarh: Cracking the whip on the drug paddlers, Chandigarh police’s team of Crime Branch has apprehended one drug paddler, Daljeet Singh of Mehraj village in Bathinda district on Monday. He was apprehended on the basis of suspicion. On being checked, 50 grams of contraband heroin was found. A case under sections 21 of the NDPS Act in Sector-39 police station was registered against Daljeet Singh. During investigation, efforts will be made to ascertain sources of recovered contraband drugs and name of person (s), whom, it to be sell in the tricity by arrested accused.