Rumours disrupt routine death audit video conference
Senior doctor has not resigned, says Health Secretary
28/01/2020 , Special Correspondent, CHENNAI
Rumours about a government doctor from Tiruchi threatening to step down marred a regular maternal death audit video conference held in the State on Monday. While the resignation itself could not be confirmed, Health Secretary Beela Rajesh, who conducted the meeting, denied that the doctor, an obstetrician, had resigned.
The audit was being done at the K.A.P.V. Government Medical College and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, Tiruchi. As per sources the doctor was a senior staffer and was upset at the meeting, where upon she proceeded to say she would step down from service.
The case being discussed was the death of a patient, who had a caesarean, and was a chronic hypertensive. Dr. Beela Rajesh and Mission Director of National Health Mission, Tamil Nadu K. Senthil Raj, chaired the meeting. The doctor apparently believed that the officials were about to issue a show cause notice to her, and this caused the outburst, sources said. This created a flutter among doctors, and several doctor-groups on WhatsApp began circulating messages. A senior doctor of the K.A.P.V. Government Medical College, said senior government officials intervened and convinced the doctor not to resign.
Ms. Rajesh said all maternal deaths are reviewed every week. “During this, we review all gaps and causes of maternal deaths. The aim of the exercise is course correction. This doctor is one of the best performers and we have not issued any charges against her. She has not resigned,” she said. The doctor was unavailable for comment despite repeated attempts to reach her.
Senior doctor has not resigned, says Health Secretary
28/01/2020 , Special Correspondent, CHENNAI
Rumours about a government doctor from Tiruchi threatening to step down marred a regular maternal death audit video conference held in the State on Monday. While the resignation itself could not be confirmed, Health Secretary Beela Rajesh, who conducted the meeting, denied that the doctor, an obstetrician, had resigned.
The audit was being done at the K.A.P.V. Government Medical College and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, Tiruchi. As per sources the doctor was a senior staffer and was upset at the meeting, where upon she proceeded to say she would step down from service.
The case being discussed was the death of a patient, who had a caesarean, and was a chronic hypertensive. Dr. Beela Rajesh and Mission Director of National Health Mission, Tamil Nadu K. Senthil Raj, chaired the meeting. The doctor apparently believed that the officials were about to issue a show cause notice to her, and this caused the outburst, sources said. This created a flutter among doctors, and several doctor-groups on WhatsApp began circulating messages. A senior doctor of the K.A.P.V. Government Medical College, said senior government officials intervened and convinced the doctor not to resign.
Ms. Rajesh said all maternal deaths are reviewed every week. “During this, we review all gaps and causes of maternal deaths. The aim of the exercise is course correction. This doctor is one of the best performers and we have not issued any charges against her. She has not resigned,” she said. The doctor was unavailable for comment despite repeated attempts to reach her.
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