B. Sharath, Chief Executive Officer, Mandya Zilla Panchayat, has instructed the panchayat officials to issue show cause notices to officers who failed to attend the monthly review meeting held here on Tuesday.
K. Mohan, District Health Officer; D. Devaraj Urs; Backward Classes Development Corporation’s Development Officer Chennigarayappa and some other officials, including some from RTO, remained absent without prior permission. Mr. Sharath took serious note of their absence of the and ordered issuance of notices to them. Senior officials from key government departments, mainly Health, RTO, Backward Classes and Minorities’ departments, have been skipping the meetings, members alleged.
The authorities should strive to create awareness about cleanliness among the public, said J. Premakumari, panchayat president. Standing committee president Yogesh drew attention of the meeting towards the lack of facilities for patients and their attendants at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS). The condition of labour wards and children wards of MIMS was pathetic, he said.
The Health Department officials expressed their helplessness in the matter. The inflow of patients to the labour wards is beyond its capacity, they said. Assurance of utilising other wards for treating or providing facilities to pregnant women and their attendants was given.
