Jharkhand: MGM Hospital Superintendent faces suspension for dereliction of duty

Jamshedpur: The Superintendent of the government-run MGM Hospital has been suspended with immediate effect on the charges of dereliction of duty.

The action was initiated against the Superintendent of MGM Hospital Dr Arun Kumar following a high-level meeting held in Ranchi to bring changes in the over 60-year-old hospital, a major hospital of Kolhan division comprised of East and West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharswan districts.

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The meeting chaired by Jharkhand Health and Disaster Management Minister, Banna Gupta was attended by senior officials including Additional Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Singh and officials of MGM Hospital on Monday, a statement issued by the minister's camp office in Jamshedpur said. The high-level meeting of the health department was held at Nepal House in Ranchi. 

The meeting decided to appoint an Additional District Magistrate of East Singhbhum, Nand Kishore Lal as the administrator of MGM Hospital. The additional chief secretary was directed to purchase equipment and machines for the hospital.

The minister had ordered the transfer posting of third and fourth-grade employees who had been working at the hospital for the past several years and directed for disbursement of pending salaries of junior doctors of the hospital, reports the Avenue Mail.

The minister also sought a detailed report from the Deputy Commissioner of East Singhbhum about the status of employees engaged by an outsourced company. The meeting deliberated the setting up of the Cath lab and Oncology department in the hospital on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.

According to sources, the Health Minister had directed the Additional Chief Secretary to buy medical equipment worth Rs 11.78 crore through a corporation and also purchase furniture worth Rs 2.29 crore. He also sought a report from the East Singhbhum Deputy Commissioner on the present condition of outsourced services and dilapidated buildings at the MGMCH. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported a similar incident where two doctors and a person associated with the MGM Hospital in Telangana had been suspended by the hospital superintendent for their negligence in the discharge of duties. According to a couple who visited the MGM Hospital recently, two doctors demanded bribes to stitch their wounds, following which the hospital suspended those two doctors and a helper for medical negligence. 

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