The Jajpur district Collector transferred Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Dr Arun Kumar Patra following a visit to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) on Tuesday night.
Dr Sudhanshu Sekhar Bal was given charge of the CDMO following the transfer of Patra. Collector Ranjan Kumar Das said that Patra was transferred for his noncooperation with the district administration in taking appropriate steps to combat the COVID-19.
Dr Patra had been posted as the CDMO eight months back.
Earlier on Monday, the Collector had placed five employees of the district Regulated Market Committee (RMC) under suspension when he found during a visit that a large number of people were roaming in the RMC-run Champapur Haat flouting the lockdown guidelines and social distancing norms.
He also issued show-cause notices to two Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) of Dharmasala and Jajpur and the Medical Officer of the Bari Community Health Centre (CHC) for their alleged absence from duty.