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UP – a land where sweepers, ward boys and drivers play doctor

July 13, 2012
So going beyond the call of duty finally caught up with Ayub, the ward boy who applied stitches and Dr Shishir Kumar, the CMS as they were both suspended.  Things took a nasty turn after Bulandshahr hospital staff protested the …

Bulandshahr hospital staff protest Chief Medical Superintendent’s and ward boy’s suspension

July 13, 2012
Going beyond his call of duty finally caught up with the Ayub, the ward boy who was caught on camera applying stitches in Bulandshahr government hospital. The state health minister, Ahmed Hasan ordered his suspension. Hasan also …

UP Health scare: Sweepers and non-experts performing medic duties seems to be the norm in the state

July 11, 2012
After a TV news channel’s expose, which showed class 4 employees of the Bulandshahr hospital performing medic and paramedic duties like stitching wounds and administering injections a hospital in Ballia showed a sweeper …