Councillor visits nursing quarters

Chandigarh: Following numerous complaints from residents of nursing quarters, area municipal councillor Saurabh Joshi on Friday visited the area along with top officials. The nursing quarters of Chandigarh were built around 5 decades ago for the staff of Sector16 Government hospital. Since then, there has been no modulation in the structure of these quarters. Joshi, during the visit, instructed officials of various departments about the urgent repair works which need to be accomplished. TNN

Mrunmayee, Himangi steer NBYS to quarters

Nutan Bharat Yuwak Sangh (NBYS) defeated Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM-B) in the Asmita Khelo India U-17 girls basketball championship. Mrunmayee Sathe and Himangi Nimbulkar scored 25 points together for NBYS. In other games, DKM-A, SNG-A, and GKM emerged as pool toppers and qualified for the quarterfinals. The tournament is presented by the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and Sports Authority of India (SAI).

Amid action against staff, nurse quits

A staff nurse at a civil hospital in Ludhiana, India, has been allowed to retire voluntarily after being entrusted with the duty of preparing the duty roster. This comes after the health department took action against hospital employees for negligence, which resulted in a patient's death. The nurse is the seventh staff member to leave the service, and it is speculated that the assignment of making the roster of outsourced nurses may have contributed to her resignation.