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| Docs in distt jail refuse to join duties | | ‘Suptd trying to settle scores’ | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 6
Opening up Pandora’s Box for the prison authorities a group of doctors posted inside district jail Amphalla has refused to join their duties highlighting gross irregularities committed by the jail superintendent.
Indicating that all was not well within the four walls of the jail premises, these doctors, allegedly cornered by the jail superintendent, decided to stay away from their office after they found that the jail superintendent had locked their offices on Friday to settle scores with the erring doctors.
The doctors after bringing the matter in to the notice of the senior health authorities decided to launch silent protest and refused to join their duties on Saturday also.
To avoid further embarrassment the state health department has, however, issued instructions to the protesting doctors to resume their duties at the earliest in the interest of the jail inmates and has also asked prison authorities to look in to the matter so as to diffuse the crisis. “We have issued instructions to the concerned authorities to call an emergent meeting on Monday to sort out the issue, a senior health official said.
It is learnt that the trouble started in the jail when jail superintendent taking strong note of the repeated absence of doctors from inside the jail shot off a letter to the director health services giving details of their attendance record. In return the doctors responded by leveling series of allegations charging the jail superintendent for undue harassment at work place and committing gross irregularities. A senior official of the health department when contacted for his comments simply said, a high level meeting is expected to take place on Monday between the prison authorities and the officials of the health department to sort the issue. He, however, refused to comment whether any action will be taken against the doctors for dereliction of their duty. I am not authorized to take such decisions, he added. |
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