PGIMS CMO suspended for dereliction of duty

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, June 25

The Rohtak PGIMS authorities have suspended a Casualty Medical Officer (CMO) on the charges of dereliction of duty after the veteran woman leader of Haryana and former Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, Chandrawati (92), was brought to the casualty wing of the institute on the night of June 12.

Chandrawati, who fell down and got her hip fractured at her residence in Charkhi Dadri, could not get a room at the PGIMS and had to be admitted to a private hospital in Rohtak at 1.30 am on June 13.

No VIP room was available for Chandrawati at the PGIMS as the ward in which the VIP rooms are situated had been earmarked as an isolation-cum-quarantine facility for the COVID-19 patients and doctors.

As per the official sources, Dr Kuldeep was on duty at the Emergency wing on the evening of June 12 but he was not present there during his duty hours.

Dr Sandeep, Deputy Medical Superintendent (Accidents and Emergencies) at the PGIMS, confirmed that CMO Dr Kuldeep had been placed under suspension by the institute authorities for a period of six months.

Chandrawati was the first woman member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha and the first woman Member of Parliament from Haryana. Apart from holding the position of Lieutenant-Governor, she has also been a minister in the Haryana government twice.