Patiala, Oct. 7 -- Days after the Punjab Civil Medical Services Association (PCMSA) threatened to go on a strike after Diwali over their long-pending demand for enhanced security, the Punjab government wrote to the managing director of the Punjab Ex-Servicemen Corporation (PESCO) on Monday for arranging 200 security guards.

The PESCO is a professionally managed undertaking that provides employment on an outsourced basis to ex-servicemen, widows, and dependents.

According to the official communique of the health department dated October 6, approximately 200 security guards will be deployed at all district hospitals of the state soon.

This is the first time that the Punjab government will be providing security guards to government hospit...