SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Aug 2: The state health department has, in a surprise move, demoted Civil Surgeons (CS) of 10 districts, including Ranchi in the name of choice posting of the medical officers.
In a notification of mass transfer–posting of medical officers issued on July 31 by the Under Secretary Prabhunath Sharma, senior doctors of the state feel a cruel joke has been committed with Sahibganj CS Dr RD Paswan and Deoghar CS Dr Yugal Kishore Choudhary.
Dr RD Paswan has been transferred to the post of simple medical officer in Dumka while Dr Yugal Kishore Choudhary has been made TB officer in Deoghar where he was Civil Surgeon.
Ranchi CS Dr Binod Kumar has also been transferred with demotion as RCH officer of Palamu district. Dr Alok Vishwakarma (1990 batch medical officer) who was made Civil Surgeon of Dhanbad in January this year has been transferred with demotion to Deputy Superintendent post in Jamtara district.
Dr Sanjiv Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Dhanbad Sadar Hospital, who was given additional charge directly from the Governor secretariat in May, has been transferred to Sahibganj as a simple medical officer.
Similarly, Dr Naval Kumar (1990 batch), CS Simdega, has been transferred with demotion at Garhwa as RCH officer. Another Civil Surgeon Dr Shyamnandan Singh of Chatra has been made Deputy Superintendent of Chaibasa Sadar Hospital.
Dr Anil Kumar, CS Koderma, has also faced demotion as he has been transferred to Latehar as a tuberculosis officer. Bokaro CS Dr Abhay Bhushan Prasad has also been transferred with demotion at West Singhbhum to the post of TB officer. Lohardagga Civil Surgeon Dr Sanjay Kumar has been transferred to Dumka to the post of Additional Chief Medical Officer (ACMO).
A senior officer of the state health department said that the medical officers who had been posted in one district for more than nine years, have been tranferred. Moreover, the health department had sought their choice of place for transfer.
But the victims i.e. senior medical officers said that the seniority of doctors was completely ignored and pick and choose policy was adopted with a blindfold.
