Health centre medicines thrown in gutter

Chandigarh, Mar 14 (UNI) Haryana Health Minister Kartar Devi today told the state assembly that medicines at a Primary Health Centre in Mahendragarh district were thrown in a river and a gutter by doctors and officials.

The incident occurred at Nangal Chowdhary village of the district and action had been initiated against a Senior Medical Officer, a Medical Officer, a pharmacist and a multi-purpose health worker for alleged dereliction of duty, she said in a written reply during the Question Hour.

In another reply, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said there was no proposal under consideration of the government to give 50 per cent reservation to rural people in government jobs.

However, in Education department 50 per cent ''horizontal reservation'' in had been provided in all teaching category posts for those youths who had passed their matriculation from rural area schools.

Minister of State for Urban Local Bodies Savitri Jindal said a proposal was under consideration of the government to regularise the unauthorised colonies in the state.

Faridabad Municipal Corporatio had sent a proposal to regularise 22 colonies of Mewla Maharajpur area, she said in a written reply.

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