Deputy Commissioner Palamu Shantanu Kumar Agrahari has ordered to withhold the salary of hospital manager R S Saurav of Sadar Hospital here in Daltonganj till an inquiry with regard to meals not given to indoor patients of this hospital is complete and his culpability or negligence in this is not proven.
As the post of health manager is a pure contractual one the sword now is on the hospital manager to come clean on this food front for the indoor patients.
Agrahari said, “I have directed civil surgeon Palamu Kalanand Mishra to conduct a probe and submit a report with regard to the style of functioning of this hospital manager and under what circumstances food was not served to the indoor patients.”
“On October 9, I got a video clip sent by someone to me. The clip was in regard to food not given to the indoor patients of this hospital on the night of Tuesday October 9. Taking immediate note of this I asked civil surgeon to find out the matter.”
Civil Surgeon Palamu Kalanand Mishra said, “As per the direction of DC, I am on the job of inquiry. Food register is being scanned to find out if meals were given to indoor patients on the night of Tuesday October 9 or not.”
Mishra said the hospital manager has been show caused also to explain his version on this issue.
On withholding of salary of this hospital manager Mishra said, “Our DC wants better services here in the hospital and such a complaint that indoor patients had no meals at night on October 9 is all a serious issue.”
Sources said a few ortho ward indoor patients had missed their food on that night.
When asked hospital manager Sourav said these indoor patients had told him that they had early sleep on that night and so could not collect their food.
Sadar hospital has on an average 100 plus indoor patients a day here.