Might 20, 2025 09:10 PM IST
Deputy chief minister and well being minister Brajesh Pathak confirmed the suspension of Dr S Chandra on Tuesday. “An inquiry by the chief medical officer of Jalaun found Dr S Chandra guilty. The doctor has been suspended and attached to the office of the additional director health, Jhansi division,” Pathak stated in a press assertion.
The Uttar Pradesh authorities on Monday suspended a authorities physician posted on the neighborhood well being centre in Kuthaund, Jalaun district, over a month after a video surfaced exhibiting him making a five-year-old youngster smoke a cigarette.
The video went viral on April 7, however motion was taken on Might 20 (Monday) following an official inquiry. (Sourced)
The video went viral on April 7, however motion was taken on Might 20 (Monday) following an official inquiry. The video purportedly confirmed the physician lighting a cigarette, demonstrating easy methods to take a puff, after which handing it to the kid who adopted his directions.
Deputy chief minister and well being minister Brajesh Pathak confirmed the suspension of Dr S Chandra on Tuesday. “An inquiry by the chief medical officer of Jalaun found Dr S Chandra guilty. The doctor has been suspended and attached to the office of the additional director health, Jhansi division,” Pathak stated in a press assertion.
Pathak stated officers have been instructed to serve Dr Chandra a cost sheet and provoke disciplinary motion in opposition to him.
Within the viral video, the kid, dropped at the well being centre by his father for therapy of a minor ailment, is seen observing because the physician smokes a cigarette and teaches him easy methods to inhale. The kid then smokes the cigarette whereas the physician says, “It’s enough training for today. Come again next time.”
In a separate growth, the federal government additionally suspended a radiologist from Ram Sagar Mishra Mixed Hospital in Lucknow. The physician was transferred to Sonbhadra in December 2024 however did not report for obligation and has now been hooked up to the workplace of extra director well being, Mirzapur division.
The well being minister has additionally ordered an investigation into allegations of personal follow by authorities medical doctors at Avantibai Girls’s Hospital within the state capital, which is prohibited.
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