VIP Culture: Doctor to Leave PHC post to do duty at Ministers kin's wedding
Chhattisgarh : A controversy has erupted over alleged deployment of a government medical team at the venue of the marriage of the son of Chhattisgarh Home Minister Ramsewak Paikra here. The image of the order copy, purportedly issued by the office of the Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), Raipur district, on June 15, has gone viral on social media.
In the letter issued by the Chief Medical and Health Ministry, an order has been made by Special Secretary of Home Minister Ram Sevak Paikra to impose the duty of doctors. The letter was sent on June 14, 2017, on the basis of which the CMO ordered the deployment of doctors.
According to the order, Lavkesh Paikra is to be married at the Silver Spring Resort, Marriage VIP Road on Sunday i.e. June 18, for which a medical team of 5 people including doctors and nurses will be deployed at the venue.
The deployed medical team includes Dr Pankaj Kishore Mishra (medical officer), Malati Modular (pharmacist), Tara Sahu (staff nurse), D. Keshav Rao (employee) and Ashok Netam (fourth-grade staff). A local daily notes that Medical Officer Pankaj Kishore Mishra is posted at the primary health centre of Gogaon which is the only health point for a village population of 20,000 .
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