Doctor takes selfie during surgery in Odisha hospital, govt orders probe

Bhubaneswar | Friday | 2nd November, 2018

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I apologise,” she said.“It is illegal to carry a mobile phone inside the OT, let alone taking a selfie. Action will be taken after we get the report,” said Lalit Mohan Rath, chief district medical officer. I don’t know how it got circulated on social media,” Das said. KORAPUT: The district administration on Thursday ordered a probe after a selfie taken by a doctor inside the operation theatre (OT) in an Odisha hospital, while a woman was giving birth, went viral on social media.The doctor, identified as Sasmita Das, was part of the team operating on the woman in the district headquarters hospital, Jeypore , on Wednesday. We will probe the circumstances in which the photo was clicked..