Three docs shown door over absenteeism
Sunday, 24 December 2017 | PNS | Dehradun | in Dehradun
Facing flak for some time for the worsening medical service at the premier government-run facility in the provisional State capital, the administration of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) has terminated services of three doctors for abstaining from their duties for a long time.
Those whose services were terminated were the Senior Resident (SR) Surgery, Dr Udai Baluni and Junior Residents (JR) Dr Gopal of paediatrics department and Dr Ankit of ENT department. The step taken by the Principal of the college Dr Pradip Bharati Gupta came after the trio failed to explain their prolonged absence from duty despite being served with letters some days ago, asking them to explain their absenteeism.
Soon after the announcement of the action, Dr Gupta said that all efforts are being made to better facilities at the largest hospital of the state where thousands throng daily from across the State. He informed that two ventilators of the Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) of the female wing of the hospital would soon be repaired. These machines, installed in 2011 on a five year free maintenance condition, developed fault in November 2016, a month before the end of the five- year contract. Despite the hospital authorities having informed the company about the fault the machines have developed, the company which supplied them did nothing to repair them. The Medical College administration has now warned the company to either repair these machines or face action. The Principal said that the engineers of the company Medion AG would soon visit the hospital and repair them. In absence of these machines, SNCU ward of the hospital has been functioning on just one ventilator.
The Principal further informed that the repair of the mortuary freezer has been completed. Many guards have been recruited recently and now every OPD would be manned by one of them, he said, adding that the head of the department of psychiatry Colonel Dr JS Rana (Rtd) would now directly deal with the entire security arrangement of the hospital.
Observers say that the corrective stern action was long overdue. “The GDMC administration despite facing flak over the crumbling medical service of the largest hospital of the state kept dragging its feet for some unknown reasons. They finally acted after being prodded by the secretary health Nitesh Jha who visited the hospital recently and directed the authorities to improve things without any further delay,” says an observer. Subsequently, the Principal of the College, Dr Gupta took things under his control and embarked on the course correction which is now showing good results on the ground.
Sunday, 24 December 2017 | PNS | Dehradun | in Dehradun
Facing flak for some time for the worsening medical service at the premier government-run facility in the provisional State capital, the administration of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) has terminated services of three doctors for abstaining from their duties for a long time.
Those whose services were terminated were the Senior Resident (SR) Surgery, Dr Udai Baluni and Junior Residents (JR) Dr Gopal of paediatrics department and Dr Ankit of ENT department. The step taken by the Principal of the college Dr Pradip Bharati Gupta came after the trio failed to explain their prolonged absence from duty despite being served with letters some days ago, asking them to explain their absenteeism.
Soon after the announcement of the action, Dr Gupta said that all efforts are being made to better facilities at the largest hospital of the state where thousands throng daily from across the State. He informed that two ventilators of the Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) of the female wing of the hospital would soon be repaired. These machines, installed in 2011 on a five year free maintenance condition, developed fault in November 2016, a month before the end of the five- year contract. Despite the hospital authorities having informed the company about the fault the machines have developed, the company which supplied them did nothing to repair them. The Medical College administration has now warned the company to either repair these machines or face action. The Principal said that the engineers of the company Medion AG would soon visit the hospital and repair them. In absence of these machines, SNCU ward of the hospital has been functioning on just one ventilator.
The Principal further informed that the repair of the mortuary freezer has been completed. Many guards have been recruited recently and now every OPD would be manned by one of them, he said, adding that the head of the department of psychiatry Colonel Dr JS Rana (Rtd) would now directly deal with the entire security arrangement of the hospital.
Observers say that the corrective stern action was long overdue. “The GDMC administration despite facing flak over the crumbling medical service of the largest hospital of the state kept dragging its feet for some unknown reasons. They finally acted after being prodded by the secretary health Nitesh Jha who visited the hospital recently and directed the authorities to improve things without any further delay,” says an observer. Subsequently, the Principal of the College, Dr Gupta took things under his control and embarked on the course correction which is now showing good results on the ground.
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