Satish Aditya
Motihari : East Champaran DM Shirshat Kapil Ashok on May 7, 2020, served show cause notice to Civil Surgeon Dr Rizawan Ahmad
holding him responsible for the further spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the district due to violation of health department orders and gross negligence of Doctors, Hospital Manager, and District Programme Officer, Motihari Sadar hospital.
The DM has Civil Surgeon Dr Ahmad to reply to the show cause within 24 hours failing which stern action would be initiated against him. The DM has warned disciplinary action against him and other hospital staff concerned.
The DM said that four suspected Coronavirus patients of Shikarganj and Pakaridayal had come to Motihari Sadar Hospital on April 30 and the doctor on duty had taken their swab samples but they were allowed to return to their homes instead of putting them at the quarantine centre at Motihari. Latter on, these four persons tested positive to Coronavirus. Due to gross violation of lockdown restrictions and medical guidelines relating to handling of the disease by the medical and para-medical staff, 60 persons who had come into contact with these four positive patients had to be quarantined by the administration.
DM Ashok has taken all measures to check spread of Coronavirus in this border district and declared two containment zones and buffer zones in 7 km areas in Shikarganj and Pakaridayal localities in the proximity of coronavirus patients. According to an official report, nine persons have so far tested positive to Coronavirus in East Champaran District while one patient has died due to it in the district.