12 King George Hospital doctors get show cause notices for absence from duty

Visakhapatnam: Altogether 12 doctors, a staff nurse, and a technician of King George Hospital (KGH) have been issued show cause notices for not being present on duty when Visakhapatnam in-charge minister Dola Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy and Additional Director of Medical Education Dr. Venkatesh visited the hospital for a surprise inspection.    

The 14 healthcare professionals who have been issued notices are Dr. L.R.S. Girinath, Dr. Sridevi, Dr. Vamsi Yadav, Dr. Mohan Vamsi, Dr. G. Prasad, Dr. Ratnaprabha, Dr. Y.S. Anitha, Dr. Chakravarthy, Dr. V.S.N. Murthy, Dr. K. Narsinga Rao, Dr. Kiran Kumar and Dr. J.S.K.V. Chakravarthy, anaesthesia technician Ch. Amar Babu and head nurse K. Sujatha.     

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In the notice, King George Hospital (KGH) superintendent Dr. K. Sivanand asked them to explain why action should not be taken against them and told them to respond by Saturday.

As per a Deccan Chronicle news report, the surprise inspection took place on April 18 in the Outpatient (OP) and Casualty departments. During the inspection, the minister found that in the outpatient (OP) departments of gastroenterology and nephrology, senior doctors like professors, associate and assistant professors were missing. Only postgraduate doctors were attending to patients. This angered the minister, who then directed district collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad to issue show-cause notices to those absent.