Staff Correspondent
Diglipur, Nov 06: The case of “Alleged manhandling of Staff Nurse by CMO of CHC Diglipur” has taken another serious turn as the Staff Nurse has now prepared complaint letters against the CMO and Health Department for Lt. Governor and Chief Secretary, demanding thorough probe into this matter.
“Yes I was manhandled by the CMO, CHC Diglipur,” maintained the Staff Nurse, who is still performing her duty at CHC Diglipur on leave vacancy adding that a complaint letter has already been prepared by her which she would fax to Chief Secretary and Lt. Governor of A & N Islands tomorrow.
“After 8 days the matter was still pending and no action has been taken in this matter, moreover when I called Director at DHS on 3rd, Nov,2012 he told me to come Port Blair and settle the matter and I may join there in leave vacancy as a staff nurse. I request you to kindly look into this matter as I want to speedy deposal of this matter and no other staff nurse should be harassed by any Doctor in the name of Leave Vacancy,” the Staff Nurse mentioned in her letter, a copy of which is available with Andaman Sheekha.
However, Andaman Sheekha found that there might be another angle in this story as the said Staff Nurse reportedly got work under leave vacancy, in six different occasions, something which looks impossible for other qualified nurses, who wait for a long time for their turn.
“One has to wait for nearly one or two years to get a job under leave vacancy and I don’t know how she was given opportunity to serve Health Services as Staff Nurse, six times,” a senior officer of Directorate of Health Services told Andaman Sheekha, who does not want his name to be quoted.
Meanwhile, taking to Andaman Sheekha the Director of Health Services backed the CMO. “Personally, I would never believe that the CMO would ever involve in such act. In this case the Medical Superintendent is doing inquiry and I can assure that whoever will be the culprit, a strict action will be taken against the person,” Dr. S K Paul the Director of Health Services told Andaman Sheekha.
As the matter is becoming serious, general public are anxiously waiting for the outcome of the inquiry, which is being carried out by the MS of Diglipur Region. As statements given by both the parties contradict, the Director of Health Service must intervene himself to find out the truth and put it infront of public for the sake of transparency and to restore faith on Health Department.
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