Doctors at the Athagarh Sub-Divisional Hospital (SDH) who were on cease-work agitation since Monday demanding protection for them at the health centre joined their duties on Thursday after Cuttack district Collector Nirmal Chandra Mishra assured opening of a police outpost at the hospital immediately.
On Monday morning, a youth identified as Papuni Das, a resident of Uparashi along with some others, had thrashed Dr Chandan Gadnayak of the SDH) for allegedly not listening to them.
“They asked me to come to the hospital with them even before their patient reached the hospital. As I asked them to first bring the patient to the hospital, they started thrashing me,” said the doctor.
Following the incident, a high-level meeting was held on Thursday under the chairmanship of the district Collector wheich Cuttack CDMO Dr Prafulla Behera, SP Madhav Chandra Sahoo, SDPO Krutibash Jena, DRDA PD Trilochan Pradhan and SDMO PK Hota attended.
It was decided that a police outpost would be opened immediately in the medical campus for protection of doctors.
Meanwhile, the accused youth has surrendered before the police.
As per the latest report, a new doctor, RK Raj, has joined and two other doctors from nearby medicals have been deputed to the SDH.
In another development on Thursday, a doctor at the Mayurbhanj District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) at Baripada was asked to go on leave following alleged negligence after the death of a pregnant woman.
District Collector Rajesh Prabhakar Patil directed Dr Anjan Sarangi (Obstetrics and Gynaecologist) to go on compulsory leave.
Besides, the Collector asked the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) to inquire into the allegation against the doctor.
Notably, the pregnant woman identified as Jayanti Murmu of Bangadihi village under the Khunta police station of the district died in the hospital. Jayanti’s
husband Dasmat Murmu alleged that the doctor was responsible for her death and demanded action against the doctor.