OFT, HEPF employees oppose move to hand over hospitals to State
The Hindu
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Employees of the two defence production units in Tiruchi -- Ordnance Factory and High Energy Projectile Factory -- have joined their counterparts across the country in resisting the purported move by the Defence Ministry to hand over hospitals and dispensaries in the residential townships to the State Government.
Upon learning that the Secretary of Defence Production had written to Chief Secretaries of the State Governments proposing takeover of the hospitals and dispensaries, the AIDEF (All India Defence Employees' Federation), BPMS (Bharatiya Pratiraksha Mazdoor Sangh) and CDRA (Confederation of Defence Recognised Federations) made a detailed presentation to the Defence Minister justifying the importance of retaining the hospitals and dispensaries under the Ministry's care.