UP Govt hospital staff caught taking bribe for eye surgery, probe ordered
Ballia: Following a viral video on social media, where a Ballia district hospital worker is seen allegedly taking a bribe from a patient on the pretext of an eye operation, the Health Department officials have ordered a probe into the matter.
In the video, which surfaced on social media on Saturday, a hospital worker can be seen carrying two Rs 500 currency notes.
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Vashisth Rajbhar, who accompanied a patient who had undergone surgery,y claimed that the patient was admitted for an eye operation on March 2.
Rajbhar alleged that the doctor at the district hospital operated on the patient and the doctor through his worker, “took money from us and other patients.” Chief Medical Superintendent of the district hospital here Dr VK Singh said that they have taken cognizance of a video and action will be taken in the case after a probe. A clarification in this regard has been sought from the doctor concerned and the worker, he said.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in a special investigation, the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (VACB) caught a gynaecologist and anaesthesiologist attached to the Chavakad Taluk Hospital in Thrissur district red-handed for allegedly accepting a bribe from an attendant of a patient. The duo had been caught accepting the bribe from a man whose wife was admitted to the gynaecology ward of the hospital and taken into custody. They were identified as a 45-year-old gynaecologist and a 38-year-old anaesthetist. The doctor , who is a gynaecologist has allegedly accepted Rs 3000 as bribe while anaesthetist had accepted Rs 2000.
The husband of the patient informed the VACB officials that the two doctors had asked him for a bribe and the officials gave him Rs 3,000 and Rs 2,000 and asked him to hand over it to them.
