Punjab Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal on Sunday said that the government was open for a dialogue with the state’s medico community and has already considered “genuine” cases of doctors’ transfers in state keeping in view the representations received.
Mittal called an emergency meeting of senior health department officials in the wake of doctors’ call for strike. Mittal has, in fact, called upon doctors not to go for strike on Monday and put the poor patients at unease.
leaving no stone unturned to ensure smooth functioning of medical institutes across the state on Monday, Mittal has requested the state Rural Development and Panchayat minister Surjit Singh Rakhra to put 1000 doctors of his department at the disposal of respective civil surgeons in all the 22 districts so that these doctors’ services ensure proper deliverance of medical services in view of strike, if any. Mittal also instructed the officials to ensure that emergency services do not suffer and that a control room be set up at health directorate to monitor the situation and take corrective steps as and where needed.