Private practice: Orthopaedic surgeon, Medical officer terminated in Uttar Pradesh

He said that any such violation in the future would be dealt with firmly.    

Action has been taken against both doctors after a departmental inquiry found them guilty.    

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Health department officials said that inquiries were ordered on several complaints made by the patient’s attendants.   

They were found violating a state government order issued in 1978, which bans private practice by government doctors.

It is also seen as a violation of the Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1956, which states that "no Government servant shall (a) in the performance of his official duties, act in a discourteous manner; (b) in his official dealings with the public or otherwise adopt dilatory tactics or wilfully cause delays in disposal of the work assigned to him."

As per officials, both were regular doctors selected through Provincial Medical Services.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that an order of suspension was issued for an assistant professor at Government Medical College Manjeri for allegedly practicing in a private hospital despite being a government employee.

The professor was caught red-handed by the Kerala Vigilance department following an enquiry conducted at the private hospital.

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