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Kanpur: The superintendents of 14 health centres in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday offered to step down from their posts because of alleged harassment and ill-treatment by senior administration officials.
This came a day after the district administration removed the officials in charge of the Fatehpur Chaurasi and Asoha primary health centres.
The district administration denied the allegation and claimed that the two superintendents had been transferred as per policy.
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Kanpur: The superintendents of 14 health centres in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday offered to step down from their posts because of alleged harassment and ill-treatment by senior administration officials.
This came a day after the district administration removed the officials in charge of the Fatehpur Chaurasi and Asoha primary health centres.
The district administration denied the allegation and claimed that the two superintendents had been transferred as per policy.
To resolve the dispute, District Magistrate (DM) Ravindra Kumar will chair a meeting with all the 14 health centre officials in his office on Thursday.
“We are forced to take this step because despite working round-the-clock since last year, we are regularly being harassed and also threatened to be sent to jail by administrative officials.
They scold us by making a false allegation that we are not working responsibly,” said Dr Sanjeev Kumar, the district general secretary of the Provincial Medical Services’ Association.
He is also the superintendent of the Ganj Moradabad health centre and among the 14 who have offered to resign.