Notices Served To 12 KGH Doctors For Not Being On Duty

VISAKHAPATNAM: King George Hospital (KGH) superintendent Dr. K. Sivanand issued notices to 12 doctors, a staff nurse and a technician for being absent from duty in the Outpatient (OP) and Casualty departments when Visakhapatnam in-charge minister Dola Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy and additional Director of Medical Education (DME) Dr. Venkatesh conducted a surprise inspection of the hospital on April 18, Good Friday.

In the notice, the superintendent asked why action should not be taken against these KGH staff for absconding from duties. He sought a reply from them by Saturday.

When the minister inspected the OPs of the gastroenterology and nephrology departments, professors and associate and assistant professors had been missing from both places. Only postgraduate doctors had been present.

This led to the minister getting angry. He ordered district collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad to issue show-cause notices to the missing staff.

Doctors to whom notices have been issued 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. Others to whom notices have been issued are anaesthesia technician Ch. Amar Babu and head nurse K. Sujatha.

There is an uproar within the hospital medical community over issuing of notices to 14 KGH staff at one go.