Driver allegedly prescribes medicines at Kanpur Hospital in doctor's absence; video goes viral
Kanpur: A driver at a government hospital in Kanpur allegedly prescribed medicines to patients after an emergency medical officer left the hospital to appear at a court hearing. A video of the incident went viral on social media, following which the hospital administration sought an explanation from the doctor.
The incident reportedly took place on Monday at Kanshiram Hospital in Kanpur. According to the hospital administration, the emergency medical officer had gone to court to provide evidence, while a person identified as his driver allegedly remained in the OPD.
According to reports, the video showed the driver, who reportedly placed a chair beside the doctor's seat and began calling patients into the OPD one by one. He allegedly asked patients about their health complaints and wrote medicines on their prescriptions. When some patients asked whether the prescribed medicines were available at the hospital, the man allegedly told them to purchase them from outside.
The video surfaced around 2.30 pm on Wednesday, following which Chief Medical Superintendent Dr Piyush Mishra sought an explanation from the emergency medical officer regarding the incident.
The CMS said the hospital was inspected the following morning, but no outsider was found on the premises at that time. The emergency medical officer was also questioned and reportedly told the administration that he had gone to court to provide evidence. According to the CMS, the person seen prescribing medicines in the video was believed to be the doctor's driver.
According to a report by Bhaskar English, the CMS said that the doctor must provide an explanation in the matter. If he fails to do so, an FIR will be registered against him. He warned that if an outsider is again found prescribing medicines to patients in the hospital or OPD in place of a doctor, action will also be taken against the doctor. The government will be informed about the entire matter.
The administration is also expected to examine who permitted the person to attend to patients and whether the individual shown in the video was indeed the doctor's driver. The hospital has not indicated that any patient suffered harm as a result of the incident.
