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The Hindu
7 days ago
- Health
- The Hindu
Row over Urology department HoD's Facebook post: expert panel recommends measures for hassle-free supply of equipment
An expert panel which probed the systemic issues raised by the Head of Department (HoD), Urology, of the Government Medical College here in a Facebook post in June has recommended measures for the hassle-free and uninterrupted supply of essential medical equipment. At the same time, the panel concluded in its report that HoD Dr. Haris Chirackal, who kicked up a political storm with his social media post, had violated the code of conduct for government employees even though his intention was 'good.' Such tendencies should be discouraged, it said. 'Government employees are expected to maintain a professional demeanour, avoid conflicts of interest, and uphold the integrity of the public service,' the report said, citing the Kerala Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1960. The four-member committee comprised senior doctors from government medical colleges in Alappuzha, Kottayam and Kollam. In a Facebook post on June 27, Dr. Chirackal had vented his frustration at having had to call off a surgical procedure at the last minute due to the unavailability of an equipment accessory. Procurement delay The committee observed that the entire issue stemmed from the delay in the procurement of the Pneumatic Lithoclast probe. Dr. Chirackal had told the Committee that his grievances were not addressed by the authorities despite repeated requests. 'The delay can be attributed to insufficient financial delegation for the Hospital Development Society (HDS) Secretary, getting necessary administrative sanction and the recent price hike of the item,' the panel noted. In its report, the committee called for simplified purchase procedures of costly consumables and disposables, ensuring fund availability through the Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi (KASP), and streamlining the process of securing administrative sanction for the purchase of equipment. It further suggested that the financial delegation powers of the Hospital Superintendent should be enhanced so that equipment and accessories can be purchased using Hospital Development Society funds in emergencies. It also observed that if the administrative sanctions for the procurement of equipment are made available by May instead of August every year, the purchase process can be made hassle-free. Further, the expert panel has also recommended a departmental investigation into a Tissue Morcillator with Morcilloscope costing ₹12 lakh that was allegedly missing from the Urology department. On July 31, the Director of Medical Education had issued a show cause notice to Dr. Chirackal on why action should not be initiated against him for violating provisions of the Government Servants Conduct Rules.
Hans India
22-05-2025
- Health
- Hans India
GGH doctors, staff told to deliver best services
Vijayawada: NTR district collector G Lakshmisha has urged the Government General Hospital doctors and staff to work with coordination and team spirit to deliver quality medical services to the patients. He said many poor people come to the hospital with a hope of getting good treatment and medical services. Lakshmisha, the chairman of the Hospital Development Society (HDS), presided over the meeting held at the hospital on Wednesday. The society discussed various subjects and gave approval to the proposals made by the members. The society has allocated Rs 5.17 lakh to pulmonology department, Rs 4.50 lakh to gynaecology, Rs 10.90 lakh for microbiology, Rs 10.90 lakh to ENT, Rs 2.82 lakh to DVL department and Rs 3.74 lakh to emergency department. Lakshmisha said the government has recently collected public opinion from the patients on the functioning of the government hospitals and the report submitted on the GGH-Vijayawada is really pathetic. He said the medical and health services, supply of medicine, functioning of the doctors and staff and saniAtation are not up to the mark. He said the Hospital Development Society meetings should not confine to infrastructure development but also focus on improving the medical services to the patients. He said the GGH will get top rank in the public opinion conducted by the government, if the medical services are good. He urged the doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and others to work with a team spirit and coordination to achieve the desired results. The collector warned that stern action would be taken for negligence of duties. He said many poor patients can't afford treatment in the private hospitals and they come to the government hospital with a hope to get medical services. He said the doctors and staff should feel that services to the poor patients are equal to the services to the god. He said minister for medical and health Satya Kumar Yadav is ready to give cooperation to allocate funds to the government hospitals. Vijayawada East MLA Gadde Rammohan said GGH is one of the biggest hospitals in the state and asked the doctors to impart good medical services to the patients. He asked the hospital management to pay special attention to sanitation. Additional Director of medical education Dr Venkatesh, DM&HO Dr M Suhasini, GGH superintendent R Venkateswara Rao, Medical college principal Dr P Ashok Kumar, RMOs Dr Padmavathi, Dr Mangadevi and Dr Srinivas, Dr Nagarjuna and other doctors and officials were present.
