Pauri District Magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt instructed Chief Medical Officer to serve show- cause notice to Sidharth Health Care Centre located at Srikot (Srinagar) under section 20( 1 ) of PCPNDT Act following the inspection of its register. DM said that if the centre concerned failed to reply to the notice in a week, its license would be cancelled. The action followed the finding that no Radiologist was working in the centre and ultrasound tests were being conducted on the pregnant. He further said more actions are in the offing against the pathology centres operating sans Radiologists and doing ultrasound tests. Bhatt gave the instruction while holding a meeting of PCPNDT at the district headquarters Pauri on Thursday.
CMO Dr Manish Agrawal informed at the meeting that on June 16, the district inspection and evaluation committee had inspected five registered Ultrasound centres in Srinagar - Madhur Nursing Home, HNB Base H Hospital, Srikot, Maa Gyatri Centre, Naithani X-Ray and Ultrasound Centre and Sidharth Health Care Srikot. During the inspection the committee had found that the Radiologists were absent and no photograph had been pasted in the form -B meant for the Radiologists. The committee also had found irregularities and violation of PCPNDT Act 1994.
D M instructed C M O to ensure that life saving drugs are provided in all the hospitals and primary health centres across the district during the rainy season, keeping in mind the possibility of the outbreak of diseases like dengue, jaundice and diarrhea.
CMO Agrawal said that 13 doctors had been appointed in Pauri district out of whom 11 have joined duty. These doctors have been given postings at primary health centres at Duggada, Kalalghati, Ghandiyal, Beharakhal, Maithanaghat, Pattisain,Pokhara, Dhumakot and Kirshu, he added.