UP: Deputy CM seeks explanation over transfer of 20 Doctors from 3 Govt Hospitals
About 20 doctors from Lucknow's Balrampur Hospital, SPM Civil Hospital and Lok Bandhu Hospital were shifted to other districts on Monday and no replacement has been provided.;
Lucknow: The first incident of a minister crossing swords with his official in Uttar Pradesh has come to light.
Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who holds the medical and health portfolio, has sought an explanation from senior officers for the transfer of 20 doctors from three prominent government hospitals in Lucknow.
About 20 doctors from Lucknow's Balrampur Hospital, SPM Civil Hospital and Lok Bandhu Hospital were shifted to other districts on Monday and no replacement has been provided, which could hit the healthcare facilities.
Pathak, in a letter to the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), medical and health, Amit Mohan Prasad, has sought to know the reason for transfers and the list of doctors who have been shifted.
"It has come to my notice that doctors from Lucknow have been shifted in compliance with the transfer policy, but no replacement has been provided," said Pathak in the letter.
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