DDC conducts surprise inspection of District Hospital Rajouri* 09 Medical officers found absent from duty; salary withheld; show cause Notices being issued

Medical Superintendent to install more Biometric Machines

Rajouri May 10 (GNS):– DDC Rajouri today inspected district hospital Rajouri in order to get first hand appraisal of problems faced by patients in GMC Associated Hospital (District Hospital) Rajouri and also to check punctuality of staff and to take a stock of healthcare services being provided to the people in general.

Pertinent to mention that Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Friday morning reached the hospital in a private vehicle without any escort and other supporting staff. He reached hospital at 10 AM sharp and went to avail registration slip for OPD at registration counter where only one registration window out of four was functioning leading to long queue of patients and attendants and it was taking almost half an hour to get the registration slip.

Later, Deputy Commissioner went to various sections of hospital and found that a number of Medical officers/officials were not present on duty in their chamber during duty hours.

He also got a printout of Biometric attendance and CCTV footage of hospital to get details about all those staff members of hospital who entered hospital after start of surprise inspection and after the reporting time.

After verification of the biometric attendance and physical Attendance registers absentee medical staff members whose salaries have been withheld and show cause notice have been served include Dr Anil (dental surgeon),Dr Sachin Vaid (medical officer),Dr Syed Shuja Qadri ),Dr Tarseem Kumar, Dr mushtaq Ahmed , Dr Sonia Nagyal, Dr shamim akhter, Dr Qasi Mohammad Iqbal, Dr Jahan Ara (medical officer). In this regard, Chief Medical Officer Rajouri has been asked to issue show cause notice to the absentee staff. BeFore initiating further disciplinary action in the matter ADC Rajouri and CMO Rajouri have been asked to conduct enquiry and submit the report within three days positively.
Meanwhile, Medical superintendent DH Rajouri has been told to install more Biometric machines for a hassle free Biometric Attendance in the interest of effective public service delivery.