MKCG Medical College Dean and Principal Prof Radha Madhav Tripathy was on Friday given charge to investigate the allegation of orthopedic doctors taking bribes from a patient’s relative recently.
MKCG Medical College Hospital Superintendent Prof Charana Tripathy has in a letter has requested the Principal to conduct the investigation on recommendation of a three-member committee.
It had been alleged that Orthopaedic HOD Prof Abanikanta Mishra and Dr SK Behera had taken bribe. They had allegedly demanded bribe of Rs 20,000 to conduct a surgery from relatives of patient Kasturi Chaudhary of Kashinagar in Gajapati district.
According to sources, Chaudhary was admitted to the Orthopaedic Ward in the hospital with a fractured leg few days back. Surgeons advised a surgery and asked the attendants to arrange Rs 60,000 for the same. However, the surgery was conducted free of cost after Chaudhary produced his Kishan health card.
To his misfortune, the doctors performed the surgery in a callous manner and messed it up, according to the attendants. They again approached the doctor who conducted the surgery.
Instead of admitting mistakes, the doctors demanded Rs 20,000 to conduct another operation in the leg again, alleged Chaudhary's relative Nanadi Chaudhary.
later, the relatives with the help of some social workers named Bhismachariya Chaudhury, Sudhera Raout, Susanta Sabat, Faiza Khan, Suresh Kumar, M Venkat Ramana and Sayed Bukhari approached the MKCG Superintendent and lodged a complaint in the regard.