Senior Medical officers to resign en-masse if charges not withdrawn
Srinagar: Days after a female nurse accused director health services of molesting her, triggering widespread debate over the issue, the senior officers and the officials at the department of health Monday threatened to tender mass resignation if the allegations against the director are not withdrawn with the ‘unconditional’ apology by the nurse.
According to the reports received by KNS, the officials of the health department at large stated that they have the highest regard for the rule of the law but the same should not be abused by some ‘unscrupulous’ elements like the staff nurse who has leveled what the officials termed the ‘baseless’ allegations to erode the credibility of the chair. “If the steps are not taken to curb such elements, the staff line arrangement will be the first causality and the administration of any department and control of the HoD will be minimal which will result in administrative inertia,” reads the joint statement duly signed by various Chief and block medical officers across the valley.
The officials stated that the allegations leveled against the director health are motivated to ensure that the writ chair is eroded so that such elements in the medical department wil get free hand and indulging in the practices which are against the medical ethics as well as the routine patient care. “The incumbent director health services Kashmir is a man of uncompromising integrity, high moral character and upright officer who has put all his efforts for the smooth functioning of the department.”