Collector orders enquiry into charges against health inspectors, village nurses Staff Reporter
| Deputy Director to give report within a week after studying the facts |
Tuticorin: Collector R. Palaniyandi on Thursday ordered an enquiry into the charges raised by the Government doctors’ association against health inspectors and a few village health nurses at Mullakadu Primary Health Centre and vice-versa.
The year-long ‘proxy war’ going on between Government doctors and other employees in the Health Department, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association, came to light a few days ago when the TNGEA put up a gigantic hoarding in front of the said PHC saying that they were going on an agitation against Medical Officer M. Sanatanamari’s atrocities.
In the meantime, the doctors’ association had levelled charges that the agitation was a consequence of the Medical Officer issuing a memo to the staff of PHC seeking an explanation for their poor performance with respect to the implementation of various Government-sponsored programmes.
The doctors pointed out that the association members had already lodged a complaint with the police against the Health Inspector of Mullakadu, M Terrance, who was involved in this incident also.
The complaint was lodged against Mr. Terrance for allegedly abusing the then Medical Officer of Mudivaithanenthal Primary Health Centre, E. Pradeep Prem Kumar, at a meeting conducted at Pudukottai to review the status of chikungunya outbreak.
Speaking to The Hindu, the Collector said that the Deputy Director, S. Uma, was asked to give a report within a week, after studying the facts.
“The Deputy Director has also been asked to appraise the status quo of the earlier complaint lodged by the doctors association against Mr. Terrance,” he added.
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