Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 30: The State Government has terminated 98 doctors for remaining absent from duty without permission in 2016.
Minister for Health and Medical Education, Bali Bhagat, in a written reply to a question of BJP Member Charanjeet Singh in Legislative Council today disclosed that 98 doctors have been terminated from their services last year for remaining absent from their duty without permission.
He said 135 doctors were on unauthorised absence from duty, while the number of those who may have gone abroad is not known.
The department, after adopting due procedure, had terminated services of 98 doctors in 2016, the Minister said.
Bhagat further said that proceedings on similar lines for such absentees have been initiated by issuance of notices as per mandated procedure and all necessary steps shall be taken in due course of time.
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