BATALA: A senior surgeon at Civil Hospital here has resigned from his post after he was allegedly pressured by the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) to conduct a post­ mortem in artificial light. Dr Gurwail Singh Sandhu has sent his resignation to the Principal Secretary (Health), the Deputy Commissioner and Gurdaspur ...

PATIALA: After being pulled up by the High Court, the Punjab Health Department has admit­ ted in an affidavit filed by Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Satish Chandra last week that 84 top posts in the department are vacant. Claiming efforts were being made to fill the posts, the affidavit ...