Bringing Christmas cheer to hundreds to homeless and poor people in the city, the Charity Commissioner's office has urged all its officials to ensure that no pavement dweller or poor individual is denied free medical treatment in the absence of eligibility documents. The Commissioner's office has issued a circular, a copy of which is with mid-day, to all the charity officers concerned to implement the orders with immediate effect.

Social workers of charitable hospitals should help the poor get timely aid, the circular states. Representation pic