Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday reportedly, apologised to veteran surgeon Dr Raj Bahadur for the humiliation he received at the hands of Health Minister Chetan Singh Jauramajra. In a statement issued, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said, “Sometimes such things happen during work but this issue could have been handled in a better way”.
Reportedly, Bhagwant Mann also urged doctor Raj Bahadur to reconsider his decision to quit as Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.
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Notably, during an inspection at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital at Faridkot on Friday, Health Minister Jouramajra asked Dr Raj Bahadur to lie on a “dirty” patient’s bed.
A video of the Minister “forcibly asking the Vice-Chancellor to lie on the bed” has also surfaced on social media. In the video, Jouramajra can be “heard speaking rudely” with the Vice-Chancellor Dr Raj Bahadur over the lack of cleanliness in the medical college.
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-PTC News
