Uttar Pradesh govt terminates services of 2 doctors

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday terminated the services of two doctors for allegedly indulging in private practice. Action has been taken against both the doctors after a departmental inquiry found them guilty.

Health department officials said that inquiries were ordered on several complaints made by the patients’ attendants.

They were found violating a state government order issued in 1978, which bans private practice by government doctors. It is also seen as a violation of the Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1956. As per officials, both were regular doctors selected through Provincial Medical Services.

On Tuesday, deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak, who also holds the charge of health minister, in a press statement said that the services of Dr Rajesh Kumar Verma who was posted as ortho surgeon at Ramsanehi Ghat CHC in Barabanki and Dr Vijay Pratap Singh medical officer who was posted at Dankaur CHC, Noida, have been terminated.