Angul: A doctor here has allegedly violated quarantine rules by joining duty soon after returning to Odisha from outside the state.
As per reports, locals complained that Dr Nanda Kishore Sahoo, who works in the pediatrics department at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in Angul, had gone on a three-month leave to his native place outside the state.
Following his return to Odisha, Dr Sahoo didn’t observe the mandatory quarantine period of 14 days and started checking patients from the very next day, they alleged.
An aggrieved Angul resident said, “If an educated doctor is violating quarantine rules, what should we expect from uneducated people? By doing this, he is putting others’ lives in danger.”
However, Dr Sahoo denied the charges of violating quaratine rules.
Meanwhile, ADMO Shyam Prasad Behera said that Dr Sahoo had joined duty on Wednesday.
“As the CDMO of the DHH is on leave, we can’t take any decision whether Dr Sahoo could join his duty or he should be sent to the quarantine centre,” he added.
On his part, CDMO Pratap Behera clarified, “Dr Sahoo has been asked to stay in the quarantine centre for 14 days. He will resume work after the completion of the quarantine period.”
Bhubaneswar: The Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system was successfully flight-tested at around 8.30…
New Delhi: The wait is finally over. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ambitious project Heeramandi: The Diamond…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister & BJD president Naveen Patnaik has declared assets of over Rs…
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign for BJP ahead of the first-round of elections…
Bhubaneswar: The prevailing heatwave conditions pushed the mercury levels to 40°C or more at five…
New Delhi: Amid the countrywide alarm post-AstraZeneca's admittance of the side effects of its COVID-19…
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has filed an 8,000-page chargesheet with annexures against the news…
Kendrapada: The three-month ban on entry of tourists to Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapada district…