Officials said the dismissals followed numerous complaints from residents that doctors and staff at several centres were failing to report for duty. Their absence was depriving patients, especially daily wage earners and underprivileged citizens, of much-needed healthcare services

The authorities in Beed district of Maharashtra have sacked the services of six contractual doctors working at government-run clinics for underprivileged people in district over habitual absenteeism and negligence in patient care, officials said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.

Launched two years ago, the Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana scheme aims to provide affordable and accessible primary healthcare to urban labourers and low-income families who cannot visit hospitals during regular

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