Summary:
A day after 28 medical officers in Varanasi in charge of community health centres (CHCs) and primary health centres (PHCs) submitted their resignation letter to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr VB Singh, accusing the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of harassing them, District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma on Thursday ordered all non-health department officials to coordinate with the CMO and the Additional CMO regarding medical matters.
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Varanasi: A day after 28 medical officers in Varanasi in charge of community health centres (CHCs) and primary health centres (PHCs) submitted their resignation letter to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr VB Singh, accusing the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of harassing them, District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma on Thursday ordered all non-health department officials to coordinate with the CMO and the Additional CMO regarding medical matters.
Sharma clarified that only the CMO would have control over these health centres from now on.
In a notice dated August 9, SDM (Sadar) Vinay Kumar Singh had told the officials that their work was “insufficient”.
Singh pointed out different anomalies in the Covid-19 data being sent from the centres, and warned that it might attract legal action.
The letter was sent to 26 officials at the helm of CHCs and PHCs.
The SDM claimed that the daily reports contained incomplete or incorrect figures, including contradictory information about positive patients, those in medical isolation or home isolation, and recovered patients.
There were also differences in the number of patients not allowed to isolate themselves at home, and those hospitalised, he added.
Vinay Kumar Singh, who is also the Assistant Nodal Officer of the District Integrated Covid Control and Command Centre, suggested that some patients in home isolation might be in danger because of the officials.