TIWN Sep 30, 2019
AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): Opposition CPI-M has been continuing to organizing protests against scrapping of free medical services in State Govt hospitals.
A massive rally was conducted led by former CM Manik Sarkar demanding reinstallation of the free-medical-service in Govt hospitals in Udaipur today.
Since September 6 a Govt notification scrapped all Free Medical Services.
After that statewide protests took place followed by a person’s death named Pramod Modok in the GB hospital, although Govt later denied the charge and clarified that the whole notification was leaked which was never implemented. It was just a draft with various typing errors. Amid Govt has not re-notified anything, but hospitals are not providing Free Services, said report.
Demanding restoration of the previous services CPI-M held this protest today at Udaipur in Gomati District.
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