Patients in emergencies cannot wait for empanelled hospitals, Punjab and Haryana HC directs full reimbursement Adity Saha2 Feb 2026 2:34 PM ISTChandigarh: Ruling that patients cannot be forced to wait for admission to empanelled hospitals in emergency and life-threatening situations, the...
PGI Chandigarh clears over Rs 12 crore pending arrears for contractual workers Rumela De Sarkar2 Feb 2026 1:29 PM ISTChandigarh: Following persistent demands and sustained protests by contractual workers, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research...
Chandigarh to introduce evening OPDs to ease healthcare access Rumela De Sarkar30 Jan 2026 4:23 PM ISTChandigarh: Outpatient departments (OPDs) at health and wellness centres (HWCs) across Chandigarh are set to operate in the evenings to...
12,000 candidates apply for 450 medical officer posts in Haryana Adity Saha29 Jan 2026 5:53 PM ISTChandigarh: Nearly 12,000 MBBS graduates and students have applied for the post of 450 medical officers in Haryana. According to health...
Chandigarh Health Department Introduces Specialist Services at Urban Primary Health Centres Rumela De Sarkar25 Jan 2026 4:45 PM ISTChandigarh: The health department has started providing specialist medical services in peripheral areas by hiring doctors on a slot basis for its...
Doctor suffers degloving injury in dog attack, undergoes plastic surgery- Court orders Rs 1.3 lakh compensation Barsha Misra25 Jan 2026 9:30 AM ISTChandigarh: The District Court of Chandigarh granted Rs 1.3 lakh compensation to a city-based doctor, who suffered serious injuries and had to...
Raid: Fake Medicine Factory Busted in Zirakpur, Pharma Unit Sealed Parthika Patel18 Jan 2026 5:25 PM ISTChandigarh: In a major crackdown on illegal drug manufacturing, authorities busted a large counterfeit medicine racket in Zirakpur's Pabhat Godown...
Gunshots Fired Outside Chandigarh Chemist Shop, Police Probe CCTV Footage Parthika Patel18 Jan 2026 5:15 PM ISTChandigarh: Panic gripped Sector 32 market late Thursday night after two masked men allegedly fired gunshots outside a chemist shop, police officials...
HC quashes criminal proceedings against doctors, says independent expert medical opinion required before prosecution Barsha Misra16 Jan 2026 1:31 PM ISTChandigarh: Observing that the investigation officer should obtain an independent and competent medical opinion before prosecuting a doctor...
Consumer court junks spine surgery negligence complaint, absolves Ludhiana hospital, neurosurgeon Barsha Misra11 Jan 2026 11:00 AM ISTChandigarh: Observing that there was no medical negligence or deficiency in service during the spine treatment of a patient, the State Consumer...
30-day stretches, no weekly off: PGI Chandigarh resident doctors allege duty hour norms exist only on paper Barsha Misra10 Jan 2026 2:22 PM ISTChandigarh: Despite its earlier directive to optimise the duty hours of resident doctors and ensure that they have at least one weekly off, the...
Haryana Flags Over 30 Drug Overcharging Cases, Seeks NPPA Action Parthika Patel6 Jan 2026 3:11 PM ISTChandigarh: The Haryana government has forwarded 33 cases of alleged overcharging of medicines to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)...
