Punjab Health crippling due to referral system by Pvt docs

By Taruni Gandhi ENT Specialist Dr Shyam Shastri (name changed) of Phase 6 Civil Hospital routinely visits general medical practitioners near his hospital envelopes of cheques. Shastri, who has been struggling to establish his medical practice for the past three years, has finally decided to offers “cuts” to his colleagues from the fees that his … Read more

Its Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s Idea of Revolution by Jupinderjit Singh

M4PNews | Chandigarh “He left not just an ideology, but a roadmap for the youth to make a society free of the shackles of religion; not tethered to any caste or class but with a level playing field with equal rights and opportunities for all,” says author & award-winning journalist, Jupinderjit Singh Prof. Jagmohan Singh, … Read more

Chandigarh: PGIMER plans to set up 250-bedded geriatric centre

Chandigarh: PGIMER plans to set up 250-bedded geriatric centre

M4PNews|Chandigarh The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and research (PGIMER) is planning to set up a 250-bedded geriatrics centre with an aim to provide better healthcare services to senior citizens under one roof. As per a senior administrative officer, the proposal of the same was made by a team of doctors from the internal … Read more

Yak in Indian Himalayas facing threat of climate change

By Dinesh C Sharma  Courtesy: India Science Wire M4PNews| Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) Yak – the lifeline of pastoral nomads in high altitudes of the Indian Himalayan region – is facing the threat of gradually rising temperatures in the region. The increasing trend of environmental temperature at high altitudes is resulting in heat stress in yak … Read more

All educational institutions, public transport to remain closed in Punjab on April 2

The mobile internet services will also be suspended in the state in view of the bandh called by several Dalit organisations against the dilution of SC/ST Atrocities Act. M4PNews|Chandigarh All educational institutions will remain closed and mobile internet services will be suspended in Punjab on April 2 in view of the bandh called by several … Read more

Jun 30, 2026 11:01 AM IST
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