Lucknow: In a firm administrative move to enforce discipline in the state’s health services, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak has dismissed three doctors for prolonged absenteeism and initiated departmental action against four others for negligence and misconduct.

The dismissed doctors include Dr. Vandana Jain (Shamshabad CHC, Agra), Dr. Vipul Agrawal (Shravasti District Hospital), and Dr. Devavrat (Jata Barauli CHC, Barabanki), who were found absent from duty for extended periods. In another case from Varanasi’s Kabir Chaura District Women’s Hospital, staff nurse Pritam Singh was suspended after a pregnant woman was forced to deliver in the hospital premises due to lack of medical assistance. Departmental action was also ordered against Dr. Sumita Gupta, and hospital s

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