Theog MLA Rakesh Singha flays transfer of doctors
Tribune News Service
Shimla, January 4
Rakesh Singha, MLA from Theog, has protested the transfer of three doctors from the Civil Hospital, Theog. “It’s the most irrational decision of the Health Department taken in the name of rationalisation of staff,” he said.
Singha said that minor surgeries had started in the Civil Hospital, Theog, after an MD (Anaesthesia) doctor was deputed at the hospital.
“The doctor is among the three who have been transferred. In the absence of an anaesthesia specialist, minor surgeries will stop at the hospital. Now, people will have to rush to Shimla for surgeries, and poor people will suffer the most,” he added.
Singha said that the Health Minister should keep the decision in abeyance, upgrade the Civil Hospital to a district hospital and provide facilities accordingly.
“If the government does not withdraw this decision, we will launch an agitation, along with people having affiliation to different political parties,” he added.
