Hospital staff, doctors suspended over irregularities

NEW DELHI: The health department has suspended four employees, including two doctors, of Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra hospital over alleged irregularities in payment

NEW DELHI: The health department has suspended four employees, including two doctors, of Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra hospital over alleged irregularities in payment of salaries of contractual workers.

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Sanitation and security workers had complained to health minister Satyendar Jain during a surprise visit to the hospital.

“The workers informed me that they were not receiving their entire salary and their records were being tampered to mark them absent on some days, even when they had full attendance,” the minister said at a press conference.

In another case, two junior resident doctors of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital were dismissed for alleged negligence.

The doctors transfused blood of the wrong group to a woman.

The minister said the government will install 10 CT scan and 5 MRI machines in 10 of its big hospitals. These machines will be installed on a public-privatepartnership basis.