A high level delegation of doctors comprising State leaders of IMA, IMA Ranchi wing, JSHSA and Women Doctors’ Wing, met the Chief Secretary, Dr D K Tiwari. The meeting was also presided by the Health Secretary, Dr Nitin Madan Kulkarni and Home Secretary Sukhdev Singh.
During the meeting it was decided that the mishap at Rinchi Hospital would be seriously taken up and immediate and appropriate action would be taken to bring the assailants behind the bars and also assured of FAST trial.
The Chief Secretary, specifically brought into the Health Secretary & Home Secretary to look into the matter regarding the compensation of the grievously injured Dr A K Singh of Rinchi Hospital, and ensure maximum possible compensation for his losses.
The CS assured that he would do his best to get Medical protection Act enacted in Jharkhand (after having words with the Chief Minister) in the current session of Vidhan Sabha.
Regarding CEA, copies of CEA functioning states were given.
He endorsed the clauses and asked us to make amendments if any and present it to him. Request was made to exempt hospitals having upto 50 beds.
Regarding Dr Seema Modi’s case, he said, since the matter is in Court, he can’t interfere with the legal proceedings but expressed his empathy and assured that he would certainly look into the departmental proceedings whatever is permissible according to the rules.
The CS said that inn all the districts of Jharkhand along with an emergency contact number in each hospital, to look after any untoward happening in any of the hospitals of the concerned district.
The IMA members expressed sincere gratitude to the CS for his pro doctor attitude and initiative.
The delegation included Dr Pradeep Singh, Dr Bimlesh Singh, Dr Bharti Kashyap, Dr Beauty Banerjee, Dr R S Das, Dr O P Mahansaria, Dr Shambhu Chaudhary Dr G D Banerjee, Dr Sunil Kumar, Dr Rakesh Kumar, Dr Rashmi Prasad, Dr Tanushree and Dr Anupam Singh