The Ranchi district administration on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to 16 government officials and staff including doctors, engineers, health workers and block animal husbandry officials. These officials have been issued show cause notice for negligence in duty or remaining absent from work.
The Ranchi district administration to check the spread of Covid 19 infection has deputed these officials and staff at different places. The incident commander during inspection came to know that most of the staff were absent from work.
The officials and staff who have been issued show cause notice includes, Dr. Hemlata Tigga posted at Angara block, Dr. PC Jha posted at Bundu, Dr Rajnandan Singh block animal husbandry officer Kanke, Sandeep Kumar Singh junior engineer, irrigation department Ranchi, Puja Kumari health worker Tarup Ranchi, Angela Kujur, health worker Chorya Chanho Ranchi, Deepika Kumari, health worker Ratu, Manisha Kumari, health worker Patra toil Bero, Dr Nirmal Kumar, Sadar hospital Ranchi, Dr Soni Prasad, Community Health officer (CHO), Kanke.
Also issued show cause notice has been issued to Dr Asha Demta CHO Namkum Ranchi, Dr Sheetal Kumari, CHO Bundu, Dr Sama Parveen SHO Mandar Ranchi, Dr Reshma Kiran Tirkey, CHO Mandar Ranchi, Dr Preeti Ganjhu CHO Angara Ranchi and Leily Saira, CHO Bero Ranchi.
Those officials and staff who have been issued show cause notice have been asked to submit their reply after joining at their respective posting. Action will be initiated against officials and staff under section 51-60 of Disaster Management Act and various provisions of Indian Penal Code if their reply is unsatisfactory.
Apart from issuing show cause notices, Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Chhavi Ranjan, DDC Ananya Mittal, SDM Lokesh Mishra and Civil Surgeon visited Paras HEC hospital assessing the health facilities and security arrangement at the hospital. The district administration team on the occasion also met officials, doctors urging them to discharge their duty sincerely.
The Paras HEC hospital has been made COVID-19 hospital by the Ranchi district administration. The decision regarding this was taken by district administration in April this year after a pandemic broke out. The hospital will be functional for the treatment of corona positive patients only.
This hospital has a provision for 50 beds, where patients found corona positive will be kept in isolation and better medical care will be provided.
The DC asked the Civil Surgeon to make accommodations for visiting doctors and other paramedics. The DC assured the hospital management that there is no shortage of PPE Kits, masks, sanitizers, face shields and other items required for treatment of Covid patients.
In other development, as per the direction of Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi, Additional District Magistrate Law and Order, Ranchi Akhilesh Sinha inspected the Sadar Hospital regarding cleanliness at Hospital. The SDM issued several guidelines to keep the hospital neat and clean.