Rat gnawing incident:GMC dean,ACS medical edu dept transferred

Appalled over the incident of rodents nibbling a woman's corpse in the premises of state-run Hamidia Hospital here, additional chief secretary of Medical Education department and the dean of Gandhi Medical College (GMC) were today shunted out, a senior official said.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today issued directives to transfer ACS (medical education) Prabhanshu Kamal and GMC dean Ulka Shrivastava from their posts, a senior Public Relations department officer, told PTI.

The government's action comes in the wake of the incident where an old destitute woman, identified as Gulab Bai, had died on December 12, while staying under a shade erected in campus of Hamidia hospital, affiliated with GMC, by a social welfare society, Share-n-Care.
 

The woman's corpse was nibbled and her eyes gnawed by rodents in the campus. The body was later shifted to hospital's mortuary and cremated by another NGO.

On the 'rat gnawing' incident, Share-n-Care director, Sayyed Suhail Hassan said that the woman had come to them in a bad condition as various hospitals had refused to admit her.

"The woman told us that hospital refused to treat her. She was in a bad shape as wounds on her hands were badly infected. We tried our best but could not save her," he said.

Meanwhile, on his way to the state hanger at the Raja Bhoj Airport this morning, Chouhan made a surprise inspection of the outpatient department (OPD) and other wards of Hamidia hospital.

After spotting filth and litter in toilets, the CM directed authorities concerned to cancel the cleaning contract of the hospital.

"Chouhan also told the divisional commissioner and district collector to scrutinise the functioning and arrangements at the hospital," the official said.

Meanwhile, the government handed over the additional charge of ACS (Medical Education) to principal secretary (Health), Gauri Singh.

Manish Rastogi, a 1994 batch IAS officer, was appointed as commissioner, Medical Education.