Assam Health Director suspended for negligence of duty

GUWAHATI: In attempts to straightening things up in the health department, the state government on Thursday suspended the Director of health services (family welfare), J Barman for negligence of duty, besides directing a magistrate to ensure timely presence of doctors in the hospital Nalbari Civil Hospital.

A number of government doctors of the Nalbari Civil Hospital on Thursday faced loss of one day's pay following to reach the hospital on time with Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asking a magistrate to ensure timely presence of doctors in the hospital.

"A departmental team found that no doctor had reached the hospital till 9.30 am… The health minister then directed the district deputy commissioner to deduct a day's salary of all the doctors who should have been on duty before 9.30 am," a press release by Sarma's office said.

The minister also asked the Nalbari deputy commissioner to depute a magistrate every morning to ensure that doctors turned up for duty on time.

The number of doctors facing the pay-cut was not specified.

(Source: Agencies)