Address JIPMERs problems

PUDUCHERRY:  CPI National Secretary D Raja has urged Union Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad to address various problems such as shortage of doctors, superspecialists and lack of dialysis units at JIPMER.Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, he said: “Patients from the adjacent districts of Tamil Nadu also visit JIPMER, but do not get free treatment though it is a government institution. There are  buildings, but not enough doctors and faculty members. It is a research institution, but has not got even a single dialysis uniStating that these were the issues which needed to be addressed, Raja requested the Minister to ensure benefits to the employees.