Dereliction of duties: Medical officers get notice in Andhra Pradesh

Nellore: AP Vaidya Vidhana Parishat authorities issued charge memos to 120 medical officers attached to primary health centres, area hospitals and community health centres in Chittoor district for dereliction of duties and running their own clinics.

APVVP district coordinator, Dr Saralamma, revealed this during a surprise visit to the government hospital in Madanapalle on Tuesday. Speaking to media persons after the inspection, she said that notices have been served after sending reports to the government about the private practice of the medical officers.

She said that six among the 120 are attached to the hospital in Madanapalle. She said that they have sent proposals to the government to establish equipment such as digital X-ray, scanning, ultra sound and ECG in all the community and area hospitals in Chittoor district besides recruiting radiologists and ophthalmologists.

She said that they have proposals to setup emergency tre-atment facilities equipped with ventilators in all the hospitals located close to the National Highway as per the directions of the district collector.

She expressed her displeasure over the authorities of the hospital for not making use of the scanning equipment und-er the pretext that it was not registered though orders were given to carry out the process in 2013. She directed the superintendent, Dr Anjaneyulu, to put the equipment to use within next three days.

The MLA, Dr Desai Tippa Reddy complained about unbearable smell from the mortuary because of defunct freezer box.