Nashik Municipal Corporation's Medical Superintendent Deputation revoked
Transfer cancelled
Nashik: The Maharashtra Health Department has recently cancelled the deputation of Dr Tanaji Chavan, the medical superintendent of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC). The department has instructed the Urban Development Department to reassign Dr. Chavan to his original post.
Dr. Chavan, who was serving under deputation at NMC, will now be reassigned to the regional referral hospital in Nashik city.
The decision comes after a calling attention motion was raised in the state legislative council by MLC Manisha Kayande on March 19 about the negligence by Chavan, and NMC's assistant medical officer, Prashant Shete.
In the motion, Kayande highlighted the death of a pregnant woman and her baby at a private hospital in Nashik last September, 2024. Following this, an investigation was conducted by the Maternal Death Research Committee. During the probe, investigators found a stock of drugs used for illegal abortion at the hospital.
Following the inspection, the NMC health squad conducted a surprise check and uncovered more abortion-related drugs. These recoveries pointed fingers at Chavan and Shete, who were accused of negligence.
As per the latest media report by TOI, State Health Minister Prakash Abitkar responded to the issue during the budget session, directing the health department to transfer both Dr. Chavan and Shete. He also ordered a formal investigation by the health commissioner into the matter.
Deputy Secretary D.N. Kendre of the Health Department issued a letter to the Urban Development Department on Tuesday, officially canceling Dr Chavan's deputation and instructing the transfer.
Medical Dialogues had previously reported that while it takes months for a new private hospital to obtain registration from the government, any new private hospital in the state will now have a smoother registration process after the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) decided to make the entire process online starting April 1.
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