Harish Rao finds doctors absent despite signing attendance register

Siddipet: Former Minister T Harish Rao, who made a surprise visit to the Government Hospital in Siddipet, found that Dr Abbaiah had signed the attendance register but was absent from the hospital. While going through the staff attendance register, Harish Rao found that several doctors assigned to emergency services were absent from duty on Tuesday.

Speaking over the phone with hospital superintendent Dr Kishore, Rao urged him to inquire into Dr Abbaiah’s absence. He pointed out that there was no radiologist on duty to attend to emergency cases at 2.30 pm on Tuesday. Although four radiologists had been appointed at the hospital, the former minister found all four absent from duty.

He also spoke to the head of the radiology department and informed him that Dr Priyanka, a radiologist, had signed the attendance register but was absent from duty. The former minister expressed anger over doctors remaining absent from duty even after signing the attendance register. He demanded that officials initiate stern action against those skipping their duties. Rao also demanded that the government provide quality healthcare to poor people visiting the hospital.