Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : Hundreds of trainee Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) of ANM School located on Sadar Hospital, Ara, Campus, staged gherao of Civil Surgeon (CS), Bhojpur, Dr Jagdish Singh, on the hospital campus November 4, 2018, in protest against removal of their Principal Asha Kumari. They also staged demonstration outside his office in protest against removal of their Principal raising slogans against the hospital administration and demanded her restoration.
The trainee ANMs said that behaviour of former Principal Asha Kumari was very nice towards them while the new Principal Shobha Suman behaved rudely. They alleged that the hospital administration removed Asha Kumari from the post for the reason best known to them. They said that they met the Civil Surgeon and requested him to restore former Principal Asha Kumari immediately. They also alleged that the CS and a doctor shooed them away when they tried to meet the CS and threatened them to spoil their career.
CS Dr Jagdish Singh said that the ANMs were protesting at the behest of some vested interests. He refuted all the charges and said that former Principal, ANM School, Asha Kumari, was removed from the post and transferred by the order of the health department as several charges of irregularities including financial irregularities had been levelled against her.
Former Principal, ANM School, Asha Kumari, said that she was removed from the post of Principal and transferred over some dispute regarding mess. She said that she did not know as to why she was transferred and added that she was yet to receive any letter is this connection.