CONRAD DIAS
Ranchi, Sept 9: The department of health, medical education and family welfare is yet to act on the probe report sent by the enquiry committee formed by the RIMS management in regard to the controversy surrounding the Cardiology department. The enquiry committee was formed last month and they found some evidence against the accused Dr Anshul Kumar.
“All the findings of the enquiry committee have been sent to the health department and we are yet to receive a reply on the case from the department. We can take any action only after we get a reply from them,” the medical superintendent of RIMS Dr Hirendra Birua said.
Incidentally, Additional Chief Secretary of the health department Arun Kumar Singh also told lagatar24.com that he has no information regarding this and denied saying anything regarding this.
RIMS Director Dr Kameshwar Prasad did not respond to the call.
Notably, on Sept 8 during a press conference, Health Minister Banna Gupta informed media personnel that taking cognizance of the unethical work going on in the cardiology dept of RIMS, he has asked for departmental action.
RIMS cardio dept controversy
The HOD of the cardiology department Dr Vineet Mahajan had complained against management and the doctors of his department at the Bariatu police station for taking money from the patients before the operation.
After this allegation, the RIMS management formed an inquiry committee under the leadership of the medical superintendent Dr Birua and found some evidence against Dr Anshul. One of the patients named Abdullah Malik blamed Dr Anshul Kumar for taking Rs 40,000 cash from him before the operation along with Rs 1,100 for medicines.
In defence, Dr Anshul said that all the allegations which are being made are baseless. In an earlier interview, he said that he and Dr Rakesh Chaudhary have started the cardio department in RIMS and have performed complex operations over the last three years. All the allegations that are made are completely baseless, he added.
In another incident involving the cardio dept, In July, the management of RIMS issued show-cause notices to three senior doctors, Dr Hemant Narayan, Dr Praveen Srivastava and Dr Rakesh Kumar of the CTVS and the surgery dept as they were missing from duty when a surprise inspection was conducted in the hospital. Dr Rakesh said that he was not feeling well due to a back sprain and had verbally informed the HOD about it. He added that he left the campus minutes before the surprise inspection.
