Acting on a complaint filed by Human Rights Watch secretary Sangita Swain, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to Health and Family Welfare Commissioner-cum-Secretary and the Koraput district administration, CDMO and SP seeking reports on shortage of doctors in all hospitals in Koraput district within eight weeks.
Basing on a news item published in an English newspaper, the complainant on October 30 has filed the petition alleging that out of the total 64 hospitals operating in the Maoists-dominated district, there are no doctors in 13 hospitals including Naraynpatna, Bandhugaon, Dasmantpur and Kotia. The commission recently issued notices to the concerned authorities seeking reports within eight weeks.