Tuticorin MCH dean shunted out after video
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
11.05.2020
A day after a video purportedly featuring Tuticorin government medical college hospital dean Dr B Thiruvasagamani went viral, director of medical education (DME) Dr R Narayanababu said preliminary action has been taken against him by transferring him to Virudhungar Medical College Hospital on Saturday.
In the clip, the authenticity of which could not be independently verified, the dean, seated in his car, could be seen telling final year medical students, house surgeons or compulsory rotatory residential interns to mark themselves as negative for Covid-19 test results. When a student questions him how he could do so without taking the test, the doctor was heard saying “That’s how it is done”.
Dr Thiruvasagamani has maintained that the clip was doctored and that his transfer did not have anything to do with it. Speaking to TOI, the DME said that because of the nature of the case, preliminary action was taken first after which an inquiry will be initiated to thoroughly investigate the matter. “We’ll ask for an inquiry and explanation for the video and then, on investigation subsequently, departmental action will be taken,” he said.
Senior authorities at Tuticorin Medical College Hospital were unavailable for comment.
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