12 King George Hospital doctors get show cause notices for absence from duty
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Visakhapatnam: Altogether 12 doctors, a staff nurse, and a technician of King George Hospital (KGH) have been issued show cause notices for not being present on duty when Visakhapatnam in-charge minister Dola Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy and Additional Director of Medical Education Dr. Venkatesh visited the hospital for a surprise inspection.
The 14 healthcare professionals who have been issued notices are Dr. L.R.S. Girinath, Dr. Sridevi, Dr. Vamsi Yadav, Dr. Mohan Vamsi, Dr. G. Prasad, Dr. Ratnaprabha, Dr. Y.S. Anitha, Dr. Chakravarthy, Dr. V.S.N. Murthy, Dr. K. Narsinga Rao, Dr. Kiran Kumar and Dr. J.S.K.V. Chakravarthy, anaesthesia technician Ch. Amar Babu and head nurse K. Sujatha.
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In the notice, King George Hospital (KGH) superintendent Dr. K. Sivanand asked them to explain why action should not be taken against them and told them to respond by Saturday.
As per a Deccan Chronicle news report, the surprise inspection took place on April 18 in the Outpatient (OP) and Casualty departments. During the inspection, the minister found that in the outpatient (OP) departments of gastroenterology and nephrology, senior doctors like professors, associate and assistant professors were missing. Only postgraduate doctors were attending to patients. This angered the minister, who then directed district collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad to issue show-cause notices to those absent.
However, the move has gained outrage from the hospital medical fraternity, who are reportedly upset over notices being issued to so many employees at once.
Medical Dialogues had previously reported that nearly 1,194 doctors, 252 nurses and over 300 other staff members were going to be terminated shortly, with many having already issued notices by the state government for their alleged failure to report to their assigned duties. A total of 2,000 government employees from various state hospitals came under government scrutiny for taking leave without prior notice at a time when the shortage of medical staff in the state was on the rise.
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