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The Andhra Pradesh authorities person removed 51 doctors of teaching hospitals nether the purview of the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) from services for remaining absent from work for long, Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav said connected Wednesday.
An authoritative merchandise issued by the Health Department said that the removed doctors included 41 Assistant Professors, 8 Associate Professors and 2 tutors.
The enactment against the doctors was taken successful accordance with the rules stipulated successful the Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Minister said.
Those who stay absent from work for a agelong clip are understood arsenic having resigned, the Minister said.
The authorities issued show-cause notices to the doctors and the second were fixed a accidental to explicate themselves, the Minister said, adding that nary effect was received from the doctors successful question.
Warning of stern enactment against aesculapian unit for derelecting their duties, the Minister said the erring doctors were reportedly engaged successful different businesses.
According to the release, astir of the Assistant Professors who faced enactment are from the aesculapian colleges successful Kadapa, Anantapur, Ongole, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Rajamahendravaram, Eluru, Nellore, and Markapur.
Of the 8 Associate Professors who were removed, 1 of them is from Andhra Medical College, who has been absent since February 7, 2020. Of the 2 tutors, 1 has remained absent for 7 years.
The section has besides taken enactment against 5 Professors who person remained absent for long. While 2 of them person resumed duties aft receiving the notices, the remainder are yet to respond, the Minister said.
Meanwhile, determination are 44 much teaching staffers successful colleges who person remained absent for little than a year. For those who remained absent little than a year, memos person been issued.
