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Chandigarh: PGIMER clears dues of outsourced employees
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Chandigarh: PGIMER clears dues of outsourced employees

Hindustan Times  

In major relief for outsourced employees of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, the long-pending arrears of hospital attendants, who remained on strike for a week in October, were approved on Thursday. In an office order released by the hospital, a sanction of over ₹ 22.5 lakh was provided in favour of M/s BVG India Ltd on account …

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‘Sarathi’ initiative helps cut patient wait times from 4.2 hrs to 2.8 hrs at PGIMER Chandigarh
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Sarathi’ initiative helps cut patient wait times from 4.2 hrs to 2.8 hrs at PGIMER Chandigarh

Hindustan Times  

The Sarathi Initiative, a volunteer-based programme at PGIMER, has successfully reduced patient wait times at the hospital’s OPDs, with the average time dropping from 4.2 hours to just 2.8 hours, according to a post-implementation impact study by the hospital’s department of community medicine. ‘Sarathi’ initiative helps cut patient wait times from 4.2 hrs to 2.8 hrs at PGIMER Chandigarh Launched …

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PGIMER Staff Resume Work After Striking for 1 Week
2 months, 3 weeks ago

PGIMER Staff Resume Work After Striking for 1 Week

Hindustan Times  

After a week-long strike by outsourced hospital attendants, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered the resumption of work. The attendants, demanding the release of pending arrears amounting to about ₹30 crore, were on strike due to unpaid dues covering the period from November 2018 to April 2024. The administration has accepted only a partial demand for 20% of …

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Chandigarh: PGI to install panic buttons for safety of female staff
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandigarh: PGI to install panic buttons for safety of female staff

Hindustan Times  

Amid the outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, is set to install a hi-tech panic button system in the women’s duty rooms, floors and blocks across the campus to ensure their safety. PGIMER, Chandigarh, has compiled inputs and demands from doctors, residents, nurses, research scholars …

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Chandigarh: Contract workers’ strike cripples services again at PGIMER
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Contract workers’ strike cripples services again at PGIMER

Hindustan Times  

On the warpath against the PGIMER administration for delay in implementing equal pay for equal work, as many as 4,000 contractual workers went on strike from 6 am on Tuesday, majorly hitting hospital services. This was the fourth strike by different workers’ unions in less than two years since Dr Vivek Lal took over as the PGIMER director. Patients suffer …

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PGIMER to issue notices to private canteen vendors for unhygienic conditions
8 months ago

PGIMER to issue notices to private canteen vendors for unhygienic conditions

Hindustan Times  

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research will be issuing notices to private canteen vendors for creating unhygienic conditions at staff canteen near Research Blocks A and B. Stagnant water in the canteen due to drainage blockage Since Saturday, the staff canteen, which operates 24 hours, has been overflowing due to a drain blockage resulting in stagnant water. Confirming …

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Ditch cars, bikes for campus commute, PGI urges staff
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ditch cars, bikes for campus commute, PGI urges staff

Hindustan Times  

In view of the increasing traffic at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, the institute has suggested its staff members residing on the campus to avoid cars and motorbikes for commuting inside the institute. According to the orders issued on April 25, 2024, faculty members, resident doctors, nursing officers, paramedical and other staff members residing on the PGI …

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Chandigarh: No headway in talks between PGIMER, contractual workers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandigarh: No headway in talks between PGIMER, contractual workers

Hindustan Times  

The talks between the PGIMER administration and contractual workers, who went on a two-day strike earlier this month to press for equal pay for equal work, are yet to yield any results. “The PGIMER, Chandigarh, administration had agreed on April 4 to pursue the issue of payment of same and similar wage,” said Ashwani Kumar Munjal, chairman of the Joint …

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2 suicides in 3 days at PGI put spotlight on staff crunch
9 months, 3 weeks ago

2 suicides in 3 days at PGI put spotlight on staff crunch

Hindustan Times  

The suicides by two employees at PGIMER this week have once again put the spotlight on shortage of staff at the institute. Multiple workers’ associations at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research have alleged that the staff shortage leading to increased workload has caused heightened workplace stress levels among the employees. No cadre review since 1992 Chairperson of …

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ICMR director general exhorts PGIMER staff to strive for global leadership in health research
11 months ago

ICMR director general exhorts PGIMER staff to strive for global leadership in health research

Hindustan Times  

Secretary to the Government of India and Indian Council of Medical Research director general Dr Rajiv Bahl exhorted the staff at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research to strive for global leadership in health research at the institution’s 10th annual research day on Saturday. The event concluded with an award ceremony, where 36 researchers won awards for ‘Research …

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Days after murder bid on patient, PGIMER warns staff not wearing uniform, ID
1 year, 1 month ago

Days after murder bid on patient, PGIMER warns staff not wearing uniform, ID

Hindustan Times  

With the contract killing attempt at PGIMER’s Nehru Hospital exposing security chinks at the premier medical institute, the hospital authorities on Thursday directed its staff and doctors to wear proper uniform and identity cards at work. On November 15, an unidentified woman had entered the gynaecology ward of PGIMER, Chandigarh, on the third floor of Nehru Hospital, D Block, and …

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Sarangpur satellite centre: PGI expedites recruitment for Advanced Trauma Centre
1 year, 2 months ago

Sarangpur satellite centre: PGI expedites recruitment for Advanced Trauma Centre

Hindustan Times  

PGIMER, Chandigarh, has accelerated the manpower recruitment process for the upcoming Advanced Trauma Centre at its Sarangpur campus. During its governing body and institute body meetings held under chairmanship of Union minister of health and family welfare Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on September 7, PGIMER had received approval for an MBBS course and construction of a 150-bed critical care …

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Chandigarh PGI nurses pained by staff shortage, delay in sanction of more posts
1 year, 8 months ago

Chandigarh PGI nurses pained by staff shortage, delay in sanction of more posts

Hindustan Times  

Despite conducting a nursing cadre assessment almost eight years ago, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research is still awaiting the sanction of 1,500 posts. As many as 210 of the existing 2,572 sanctioned posts for nursing staff at Chandigarh’s PGI are lying vacant. Making matters worse, 210 of the existing 2,572 sanctioned posts for nursing staff are …

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PGIMER Chandigarh moves ahead with 100-seat MBBS course plan
2 years, 3 months ago

PGIMER Chandigarh moves ahead with 100-seat MBBS course plan

Hindustan Times  

Moving forward with its plan to launch its MBBS course next year, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical education and Research will present the proposal before its standing finance committee for budget approval from the central government. The college will be equipped with modular operation theatres, an administrative block, a library, accommodation for faculty, paramedical staff and students, and a …

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Clinical Trials of Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine at PGIMER Chandigarh Delayed Over Pending Safety Approval
4 years, 4 months ago

Clinical Trials of Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine at PGIMER Chandigarh Delayed Over Pending Safety Approval

News 18  

The clinical trials for the Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford, which was expected to start at The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, have been delayed by at least a week. The trials that were expected to commence in the first week of September have been delayed due to the safety approval …

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