'No work to do': sole neurosurgeon at Patiala's Rajindra Hospital offers resignation

Karam Prakash
Tribune News Service
Patiala, October 15

In a big blow to Patiala’s Government Rajindra Hospital, a super-specialist has offered his resignation claiming that he had “no work to do”, said sources.

The neurosurgeon is said to have been fed up over the lack of work and submitted his resignation after serving a mandatory one-month notice period.

The doctor, however, refused to comment on his resignation and is said to have officially cited personal reasons while resigning.

Notably, there are only a few neurosurgeons in the government sector in Punjab. The doctor, who has completed his neurosurgery (MCH) from AIIMS Delhi, had joined the hospital last year to cater to patients of the newly-constructed super speciality ward of the Government Rajindra Hospital.

The Rs 150 crore super-speciality block, which was inaugurated on November 5 last year, has been non-functional since.

The doctor couldn’t perform even a single surgery since his joining, evidently due to the lack of a functional OT, said sources.

Passing the buck to the district administration, hospital authorities said that the Super speciality ward was taken over by the district administration, under the Epidemic Act, during coronavirus.

Dr Rajan Singla, principal, Government Medical College, said that his resignation had already been forwarded to higher authorities but has not accepted so far.

As to the super speciality ward, the principal said, “All the preparations have been already made to run the super speciality ward. As soon as the COVID gets over, we will start the ward.”