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| Tainted Director Health rewards `accomplice' | | Nurse molestation case | | Saahil Suhail
SRINAGAR, July 19: In an unfortunate development, Director Health Services Kashmir allegedly on the directions of State Health Minister, Taj Mohi-ud-Din rewarded his `accomplice' in 'Nurse molestation case' with prize posting and posted him in Medical block Mattan as Block Medical Officer after the former resigned.
Sources said that former Block Medical Officer Mattan resigned as he was receiving directives to harass the 'nurse molestation case' victim from the higher ups which he denied to obey, however, Chief Medical Officer said that the officer resigned because of poor health.
Highly placed sources said that day after police filed a closer report in the case, Tainted Director Health Services Kashmir; Dr Slaim-ul-Rehman directed officials particularly posted in Anantnag including Chief Medical Officer, Block Medical Officer and Medical Officer of the Primary Health Center Aishmuqam to tyrannize the 'Nurse molestation case' victim posted at Aishmuqam.
Acting on the directives, Block Medical Officer Mattan and Medical Officer Aishmuqam didn't allow the victim to sign the attendance register after which she (Victim) approached court. A close relative of the Victim told Early Times after victim put a legal notice on the table of Medical officer, she was allowed to sign the attendance register.
Former Block Medical Officer, Dr Shafi who tendered a resignation in the office of Chief Medical Officer Anantnag citing health problems reportedly denied obeying any further orders of the tainted officials who are allegedly accused of molesting a nurse on several occasion.
Following the resignation of Dr Shafi from the post, Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Salim-ul-Rehman reportedly on the directions of state Health Minister rewarded one of the nurse molestation case accused Dr Ashraf Padder and posted him as Block Medical Officer in Block Mattan.
Chief Medical Officer Anantnag, Nazir Ahmad Shehdad when contacted confirmed the resignation of Dr Shafi from the post and said that Dr Ashraf will look after block Mattan for only three days.
"Yes Dr Shafi approached me, citied some health problems and tendered a resignation which I accepted. Now till we get a new BMO we assigned the job of looking after the block to a senior most doctor Dr Ashraf," said CMO, adding arrangement is temporally.
It is pertinent to mention here that the case of 'Nurse molestation case' involving Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Salim-ul-Rehman, Chief Medical Officer Anantnag Nazir Ahmad Shedad, Block Medical Officer Salar Arshid Ahmad Tak and Dr Ashraf Padder who was today rewarded in pending in the court of Forest Magistrate Srinagar.
However, the one man committee of the department constituted against the Supreme Court guidelines had exempted the two accused-Dr Health and CMO Anantnag. |
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