Condemning the demotion of a woman doctor at Primary Health Centre in Mallur, members of Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association picketed the office of the Deputy Director of Health Services here on Wednesday.
Shankar’s wife Suganya (24) of Valakuttapatti village, near Mallur, was admitted to Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital with labour pain. She delivered a girl child on December 21, 2015.
Suganya was suffering from dengue and she died on December 25.
During a review meeting held in Chennai, Nithya Priya, doctor at the PHC in Mallur, failed to give necessary details about Suganya’s case. Hence, she was demoted to undergo 30-day training at Salem GH. Condemning this, doctors from 82 PHCs in the district picketed the office of the DD Health in the evening. They demanded that the action against the doctor be dropped and she be asked to continue her service at the PHC in Mallur.
The doctors said that they will not be carryout the duty as in-charge Medical Officers and will not undertake any administrative works. They demanded that the Deputy Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine to solve the medical officers grievance immediately.
DD Health Poongodi said that the issue will be taken up with the Collector V. Sampath. Later, they met the collector and held discussion.
