Dr Chetna Nitil K appointed as new CMO of Thane Municipal Corporation

Thane: Dr Chetna Nitil K has been appointed as the new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). The doctor has taken over the charge of the CMO on Monday and has been appointed for a period of one year. 

The post of CMO is held by a doctor who serves to advise and lead a team of medical experts on matters of public health importance. Since Dr Yogesh Sharma's suspension on March 8 by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar, the position of chief medical officer has been vacant for the past two months. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that during a surprise visit to the civic-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Kalwa in Thane district to inaugurate a refurbished labour ward and the surgery section, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed displeasure about the poor working condition of the facility and the lack of facilities for doctors and decided to take stern action against it. Considering that the facility wasn't up to the mark and the doctors were suffering, Shinde suspended the Dean and TMC's CMO.