UP: Sweeper turns doctor at a Kannauj hospital New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh's healthcare system stands exposed once again. After Bulandshahr, Ballia, Kushinagar and Meerut, another incident of sweeper performing a doctor's duty has come to light and this time, it is in Kannauj, where a man was caught applying injection to a patient.

In Meerut, a wardboy was caught on camera carrying out a postmortem in a government hospital.

The Health Minister, however, insists that doctors are always present during all postmortems. He said a probe would be ordered to get to the bottom of the matter.

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11:05 AM, Jul 14, 2012