India, Oct. 15 -- The state public health department has suspended two assistant directors of health services posted in Pune over alleged lapses in the monitoring of family planning and child health programmes. In a separate administrative order, the department has assigned additional charge of the post of deputy director of health services, Latur, to Beed civil surgeon Dr Satishkumar Madhukar Solanke; officials said.

All three orders were issued on October 13, following a review of the concerned officials' work and administrative changes in the health services' department. Dr Rajashree Gajanan Dhawale, assistant director of health services (family welfare), Latur and Dr Rajkumar Jagtap, assistant director of health services (family welf...