J-K: Doctor found absent during Surprise Inspection, faces suspension, salary withheld
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five of the absentees including the doctor have been placed under suspension and their salaries kept withheld with immediate effect, while the salary of three employees, engaged under National Health Mission (NHM), will be released after deduction of one day for the month of December.
Jammu: Fifteen health officials, including a doctor, were suspended on Friday after they were found absent from duty during a surprise inspection of health institutions in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
District Development Commissioner Mohammad Nazir Sheikh paid a surprise visit to District Tuberculosis Hospital Rajouri to check the medical facilities being provided to the patients and ensure the presence of doctors and paramedical staff to attend patients, they said.
While checking the attendance of the hospital staff, he found 10 employees absent from duty and ordered their suspension, the officials said.
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