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Kakinada: Nine staff members, including five doctors, at the ESIC hospital in Rajahmundry, were suspended on Monday due to negligence in their duties. The action was taken following a surprise visit by the Andhra Pradesh Minister for Labour Vasamsetti Subhash, who found the staff absent during duty hours.
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Labour Vasamsetti Subhash was impatient on seeing that the duty doctors and staff were absent during his surprise visit to the ESIC hospital at Rajahmundry on Monday and ordered disciplinary action against the erring staff.
As a prompt follow-up action, the AP insurance medical services director issued orders on Tuesday placing under suspension five doctors and four office staff with immediate effect, news agency UNI reported.
The minister found that the doctors and staff were negligent in duties and leaving the hospital after signing the attendance register.
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