UP Govt dismisses 26 Medical Officers for dereliction of duty
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak
announced on Monday that orders have been issued for the termination of 26
medical officers across various districts due to unauthorized absences and
negligence in their duties. This decisive action reflects the state
government’s commitment to ensuring accountability and maintaining high
standards of healthcare services.
The process for their dismissal has been started at
the government level, Pathak, who is also the Minister for Health, Medical and
Family Welfare, said in a series of online posts. Pathak said he has assigned the responsibility to the
principal secretary (health) to seek clarification from the joint director of
the Directorate General of Health. Apart from this, instructions have also been given to
stop the salary increment of several medical officers and give them censure
entries, reports PTI.
diligently providing high quality medical services to the general public, but
there are many medical officers among them who are being negligent towards
their duties. Due to this act of theirs, the general public is not getting the
benefit of medical services and the image of the department and the government
is getting tarnished,” Pathak said in Hindi on X.
have been identified, who are continuously negligent in medical work and are
absent from duty without informing for a long time”. He said that taking cognizance of the continuous
disregard of the orders by such doctors, “instructions have been given to
the Principal Secretary, Medical and Health to issue a one-month notice and
dismiss them from government service”.
health workers will not be tolerated at any level. “Principal Secretary,
Medical and Health Department, has initiated further action in line with the
above instructions.” Pathak further said, “For negligence in
discharging their duties, one medical officer each posted under CMO (Chief
Medical Officer) Firozabad, CMO Baghpat and CMO Kanpur Dehat has been given the
punishment of stopping two salary increments for two years, along with a
censure entry given to the doctor posted under Kanpur Dehat.”
principal secretary (health) to seek clarification from the joint director,
Directorate General of Health, over non-deployment of any medical officer in
Urban Ayushman Arogya Mandir established in Nautanwa of Maharajganj district
while being posted as CMO in April 2024.
principal secretary (health) to immediately issue a charge sheet to the medical
officers (medical officer, Community Health Centre, Haroda, Saharanpur,
in-charge medical officer, Primary Health Centre-Devidaspur, Bahraich, three
medical officers posted under CMO, Bareilly and medical officer posted under
CMO, Shahjahanpur for being negligent towards their government
responsibilities.
Secretary, Medical and Health Department to dismiss the dental surgeon posted
in Payagpur, Bahraich for being absent without notice, indiscipline and
disobeying the orders of the higher authorities,” Pathak said, news agency PTI reported.
