UP doctor to move HC against termination

Khan said he was also accused of not having the required registration with the Uttar Pradesh Medical Council.

However, he claimed the document states that any person who is registered with the Indian Medical Council can practise anywhere. "Despite this, they hold me accountable, even when my name is in the Council," he said.

The third allegation against him is of medical negligence, leading to the deaths of children in the hospital in August 2017.

"The report by Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary, Medical Education, said I had no role in supply and tender of oxygen. They acknowledged that I made available 500 jumbo cylinders. I am absolved of corruption, as they claim that my submissions were valid," he said.

The fourth allegation against Khan is that he was in charge of 100 wards of the hospital, which was found to be true, he said. "They needed a scapegoat as they wanted to save their own people. If it was any other person that night, (she/he) would have been persecuted," Khan said.

Khan was arrested in August 2017 and subsequently suspended and attached to the office of the director (medical education).

This year, the Allahabad High Court stayed the state government's order suspending Khan for the second time and assailed the government on the ground that no inquiry had been concluded against him even after more than two years.

The court also directed the UP government to conclude the probe related to the 2019 suspension within a month.

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