New discharge policy triggers protest in Punjab

SANGRUR: Farmers and labourers staged protests over the new discharge policy for Covid-19 patients across the state on Saturday. The protesters alleged that patients were being sent to home and may spread the contagion in villages. Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) district leader Jagtar Singh Kalajhar said, “There was a state-level call for protests. We demand that all patients, who were sent home, should be re-admitted to hospitals and the government should bear their medical and food expenses.” The farmers demanded staff in government hospitals should be regularised and the health workers be given ₹50 lakh life insurance. HTC