Dear Members,
This is to inform you that one of our members (Medical Officer) was suspended last year on account of alleged negligence during old age pension duty.
As all of you know, there is no medical criteria to demarcate whether a person is below (eg 58 yr) or above sixty year (eg 62 yr) by looking at the physical appearance only. The Doctor has to assess the age by physical appearance which is subjective and vague.
There was a complaint from the people who were not included in the list of beneficiaries of old age pension scheme. The allegation was that the above said Doctor had demanded bribe for declaring applicants eligible for the benefit. An enquiry was ordered and simultaneously resurvey of the Pension was conducted by other Doctor. In that enquiry, the charge for taking money was found to be false. But in resurvey the no. of beneficiaries were reduced by nearly 25 – 30% and he was suspended on the grounds of gross negligence in assessing the age.
