Dimapur, May 7 (EMN): The Shamator Town Student’s Union (STSU) has stated that a lone medical officer posted at community health centre (CHC) Shamator was ‘wilfully abstaining from his duty since November last year without any proper leave or alternate arrangement till date’ even as patients continue to rush to the CHC.
The union has sent an ‘open letter’ to the medical officer of Shamator CHC, a copy of which was made available to press on Monday. “The STSU had also appraised the matter in detail to the CMO Tuensang who had paid his physical visit last year at CHC Shamator to take stock of the situation.
“However, despite our earnest appeal, the patients were left unattended medically and deprived of even their basic right in availing medical services owing to the prolonged unauthorised absence of the lone CMO. Consequently, organisations like the Shamator Town Public Forum (STPF) had recently exposed the poor state of health centre through print media on 23rd April 2018 after their physical verification.
“However, despite bringing out the facts with figures to the notice of the department and all the concerned stakeholders, neither the Health and Family department took cognisance of the genuine matter nor the MO paid heed to the call of the STPF for the reason best known to the department and the concerned MO till date,” the letter read.
Therefore, it stated, in view of the “health care deprivation by the MO”, the STSU urge the officer concerned to report to his place of posting within a period of two weeks ‘from the date of publishing this open letter’.
Failure to comply with the directive will force the union to ‘seek higher legal action from the appropriate authority and expose every activity of the MO including the immediate cause that led to his departure on whatsoever reason’, it warned.
