At a time when the State is reeling under acute shortage of doctors, the Government has dismissed as many as 52 long-absentee Medical Officers from service. A notification bearing number 807 /H dated January 13, 2015 was released to this effect by the Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday. Out of the total dismissed, doctors 43 are surgeons. They include assistant surgeons Dr Sujit Kumar Meher of Deogarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), Dr Siba Sankar Dalai of Phulbani DHH, Dr Samarjit Bisoi of Kalahandi DHH, Dr Reshmi Sethi of Malkangiri DHH, Dr Puspalata Agroyia and Binay Kumar Basita of Nuapada DHH, Mithilesh Gupta of Sundargarh DHH, Mamata Das of Dhenkanal DHH and Dr Alok Samantray of Kalahandi DHH.
“Charges were framed against the 52 absentee Medical Officers u/r-15 of the OCS (CC&A) Rules, 1962. Since the whereabouts of these absentee Medical Officers were not known, they were informed through notice published in the newspaper to appear and receive the charges. But there was no response as a result of which Government following the provisions of the OCS (CC&A) Rules, 1962 proposed to award the penalty of dismissal from service. Despite this none of the following Medical Officers responded to the notice published in the newspaper for which Government, after obtaining the concurrence of the OPSC decided to dismiss them from service in public interest,” said the notification.
