Ludhiana, Feb. 15 -- A day after the Vigilance Bureau caught an assistant at the Civil Hospital "red-handed while taking bribe" to issue a medico-legal report (MLR), hospital's senior medical officer has issued a warning to the emergency staff against charging any amount above the fees prescribed. SMO Dr Harpreet Singh said the employee, who was caught by the Vigilance Bureau, was not a permanent staff member and he was removed immediately.

In a letter addressed to emergency medical officer and emergency staff, the SMO informed, "Any patient coming for treatment and persons coming to get medico-legal report (MLR) will have to pay the government fee. No additional money should be taken. If anyone demands or takes money other than the pres...