Shimla, Aug. 4 -- The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has once again reiterated that the state's only maternal and child hospital should not be shifted to Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) and Hospital, Shimla.

The demands comes days after the state government constituted a high-level technical committee to look into various aspects of shifting of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology from the Kamla Nehru Hospital (KNH) to the IGMC and Hospital.

The nine-member committee will examine the issue as doctors are opposing the shifting saying that splitting the department will disrupt integrated patient care. The committee has also been tasked with looking at the implications of retaining the facility at the Kamla N...