Zero tolerance for corruption and complete transparency would be maintained in transfers in Punjab Health and Family Welfare Department, the state government said today.
If any official or other person is found involved in corruption for arranging favourable postings at any level in the department, strict action will be taken, Health and Family Welfare Minister Surjeet Kumar Jayani said.
Transfers would be done on merit and all efforts will be made to adjust doctors and other employees at the nearest places of their residences, he said, chairing a meeting of Civil Surgeons and Senior Medical Officers (SMOs) here, an official statement said.
Jayani said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal have directed senior leaders of SAD and BJP that they should not approach for transfers of those employees who are not performing their duty properly.
He said complaint boxes would be put up at prominent places in hospital premises and warned that government doctors doing private practice would not be tolerated.
