Lucknow: UP health minister inspects Balrampur hospital, checks quality of food items

The BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government is putting all effort to improve government functionaries in the state. As Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is looking in full action, his cabinet ministers are also following his footsteps.  

On Thursday, UP Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh visited Balrampur hospital in Lucknow and inspected the privileges are being given to the patients.

Singh went to the canteen area and checked pulses that is being served to patients in the hospital. Singh asked the officials to maintain the quality of edible items. The state health minister also visited registration counter and took stock of the situation. 

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In another major decision, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday said it would not allow the liquor shops to operate in those areas, where the locals are opposing them, even if it results in “loss of revenue”.

“At any cost, we will not allow the the liquor outlets (which shifted from highways following a Supreme Court order) to operate in areas where the locals are opposing, even if it results in loss of revenue to the exchequer,” UP Excise minister Jai Pratap Singh said.

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