SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS

Jind Civil Hospital faces health crisis amid shortage of doctors and staff

Addressing the protest, party leader Comrade Ramesh Chandra stated that the public facilities in the civil hospital are in a terrible state. The hospital toilets lack cleanliness and there is no proper water supply for the public.

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