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Punjab and Haryana High Court:<\/span> The Division Bench of Anil Kshetarpal and Aman Chaudhary, JJ., took suo-motu cognizance of a news report mentioning the severe shortage of hospital attendants and nursing staff in Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (\u2018PGIMER\u2019), Chandigarh<\/p>\n

Based on a news item published in \u2018Times of India\u2019 on 17-06-20251<\/sup><\/a> highlighting the plight of patients and their attendants on account of substantial shortage of hospital attendants and nursing staff, the Court admitted a suo motu public interest litigation. The Court granted PGIMER one week to file a status report.<\/p>\n

The matter was listed for 27-06-2025.<\/p>\n

[Court On Its Own Motion v. PGIMER Chandigarh, 2025 SCC OnLine P&H 3071<\/a>, decided on 19-06-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n

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Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

For the respondent:<\/span> Sr. Standing Counsel for Chandigarh Amit Jhanji and Himmat Singh Sidhu, Advocate for PGIMER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1.<\/a> https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chandigarh\/pgi-chandigarh-faces-severe-shortage-of-hospital-attendants-nursing-staff\/amp_articleshow\/121893810.cms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A news report published on 17-6-2025, highlighted that PGIMER had been facing severe shortage of hospital attendants and nursing staff, thereby which forcing relatives of patients to step in as caretakers, resulting in overcrowding and compromise in service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67524,"featured_media":314970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[83817,83819,75265,83818,54533,11321,2670,83816,13641],"class_list":["post-351116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-hospital-attendants","tag-justice-aman-chaudhary","tag-justice-anil-kshetarpal","tag-medical-worker-shortage","tag-nursing-staff","tag-pil","tag-Punjab_and_Haryana_High_Court","tag-staff-shortage-pgimer-chandigarh","tag-suo-motu-cognizance"],"yoast_head":"\nStaff 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