Pune: Proposal seeks appointment of bouncers at YCMH

PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The standing committee of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is set to discuss a proposal that seeks appointment of bouncers to provide security at the civic-run Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial hospital following alleged unruly behaviour by relatives of a patient and a corporator last month.
The proposal will be discussed during a meeting on August 5.
The proposal discusses the appointment of one female and three male bouncers who will work three eight-hour shifts at the hospital. The cost of this security arrangement has been pegged at Rs 25,000 each, for two months of work.
The proposal added that a security private firm had submitted a quotation on July 28. It suggested that since the said topic needs urgent attention, the tender process should be skipped and the appointments should be done directly after an approval from the PCMC commissioner.
On July 27, doctors at the YCMH staged a strike to protest the unruly behaviour by relatives of a patient and a local corporator. Doctors said they were manhandled by a group linked the patient, who had passed away at the hospital.