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| 40 oxygen cylinders go missing from Kupwara hospital | | CMO suspends 3 staffers, orders probe | | Early Times Report
KUPWARA, May 19: Authorities ordered probe after at least forty oxygen cylinders went missing from Sub-district hospital Kupwara. After the incident came to fore the Chief Medical Officer suspended three staffers at the health facility.
Sources told Early Times that the hospital authorities were alerted after taking into account the total number of oxygen cylinders in the hospital. “The cylinders were to be sent back to Srinagar, ‘’ the official said, adding that however it came to fore during counting that at least forty cylinders were missing. The absence of cylinders was brought to the notice of the Chief Medical Officer, who accordingly intimated the Deputy Commissioner Kupwara,” the official said.
“After a consensus, the CMO concerned immediately suspended three storekeepers, besides ordering a full-fledged probe to fix the responsibility against the erring employees”, the official added.
Meanwhile Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Imam-ud-Din has said that the matter pertaining to the missing of oxygen cylinders from the SDH Hospital has been brought to his notice.
“It has tentatively been learnt that forty oxygen cylinders have gone missing from the hospital following which an enquiry has been launched to fix the responsibility”, he said adding that three employees in charge of stores for oxygen cylinders have been placed under suspension.
“The things will be clearer once the enquiry is completed,” he said adding that “If it happens that the suspended staffers are indicted post enquiry, due recoveries will be made from them.”
The Deputy Commissioner has asked the employees to properly discharge their duties and utilize the government assets properly for the larger benefits of society. |
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