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Jammu, Apr 6 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir government has suspended 21 officials of the health service department, including two doctors, for duty in Udhampur district, an official source said here today.

According to sources, on recommendations of tehsildar Ramnagar, district development commissioner, Udhampur, Ashok Parmar has placed 21 officials of primary health centre, Majalta under suspension for being absent during an inspection yesterday.

Parmar has directed the chief medical officer, Udhampur, to call an explanation from the absentees and furnish the report to his office. The pay of the absentees has also been withheld till further orders.

The name of officials placed under suspension include Dr. Som Singh, Assistant Surgeon, (Incharge BMO), Dr. Chander Kanta, Assistant Surgeon, Madan Gopal, Dental Assistant, Rakesh Kumar, X-ray Assistant, Raj Kumar and Naresh Kumar, Pharmacists, Shanker Singh, Laboratory Assistant, Basant Singh and Jagdish Chander, Senior Assistants, Sharda Devi and Tripta Devi, L.H.Vs, Anuradha, FMPHW, Ashok Kumar, JHI (F.W), Shiv Kumar, JHI (Mal), Om Parkash, BHW, Uttam Singh, Driver (contractual), Nursing orderlies, Shamsher Chand, Rattan Chand, Darshan Kumar and Safaiwallas Rano Devi and Vijay Kumar.

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