6 days ago
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Faced by disapproval from assorted quarters astir the ignominious mode successful which Director of Health Services (DHS) K.J. Reena was transferred retired each of a sudden, the authorities has issued a new, modified authorities bid (GO), omitting the condemnation that Dr. Reena had sought agelong permission during the epidemic season.
The GO issued connected June 12, transferring Dr. Reena arsenic the Director of the Regional Public Health laboratory successful Ernakulam had a condemnation which stated that Dr. Reena had availed herself of 15 days of permission during the epidemic period.
This had acceptable disconnected wide speculation successful the media that Dr. Reena was being booted retired for taking leave. Dr. Reena, reacting to the news, had stated that the GO, which came retired of the blue, had been a shocker and that the connection that she had taken 15 days’ permission was baseless.
She clarified that she had sought conscionable two-and-a-half-days’ permission due to the fact that of sick health. She had informed the Health Minister’s bureau astir it and had besides handed implicit her responsibilities to different elder official.
Dr. Reena further said that if the authorities was not funny successful keeping her connected arsenic the DHS, she could person been fixed an honourable exit, alternatively than giving the content that she was being forced to permission nether a cloud.
Clarification
Health Minister K. Muraleedharan had clarified the precise adjacent time that Dr. Reena was not being transferred due to the fact that she had taken permission but due to the fact that she had written a missive to the Devaswom Commissioner astir the difficulties successful deploying Health Service doctors for Sabarimala duty, without consulting the government. He besides said aboriginal that the DHS had failed to pass him connected clip astir the confirmation of the Nipah trial effect from National Institute of Virology, which created immoderate disorder aboriginal erstwhile helium addressed a media conference.
The GO shifting retired the DHS, that excessively hinting astatine a crushed which was intelligibly baseless, had travel successful for crisp disapproval from the Opposition. Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan had termed the transportation bid arsenic ill-timed, particularly enactment a clip erstwhile the State nationalist wellness strategy was battling galore crises.
Additional charge
The modified GO states that Dr. Reena has completed 3 years’ tenure arsenic the DHS and that the enactment process for the assignment of a regular DHS was being considered by the government. It further states that arsenic the station of the DHS cannot beryllium near vacant until regular assignment is made, fixed the ongoing surveillance and effect activities that person to beryllium undertaken successful narration to the shigellosis outbreak and Nipah infection, Meenakshy V., Additional DHS (Family Welfare), volition beryllium entrusted the afloat further complaint of the DHS, pending regular arrangements.
