Pensioners and railway employees in Mirzapur staged a protest on Wednesday at the Railway Hospital demanding the restoration of medical facilities that were previously provided to them. For almost 20 years, they had access to services like X-rays, blood tests, and urine tests through Aditya Pathology in Rambag. However, this service...
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was stopped six months ago by the medical department in Prayagraj. This has caused significant hardship for railway pensioners and employees as they now have to pay for private testing. Additionally, the local purchase of medicines not available at the hospital, previously facilitated by the doctor, has also been discontinued. The organization has formally requested the Chief Medical Officer in Prayagraj to restore these facilities but has not yet received a response. Pensioners have threatened to protest at the Central Hospital in Prayagraj if their demands are not met within 15 days. Among those participating in the protest were Rampyare, BK Das, Vishanbharn Singh, Gulab, Mannallal, Fateh Mohammad, Nagina Lal, Awadhesh Srivastav, RP Bharti, and GK Tiwari.