3 doctors shifted on fake letters, cops let matter rest for years

HOSHIARPUR: Three PCMS doctors in the district were transferred on the basis of forged recommendation letters of the then civil surgeon in December 2010. They joined their duties but were later told that the orders had been cancelled, as the civil surgeon Dr Ravi Dogra denied having issued the orders.

Thus, mystery shrouds the significant matter of who had the access and the foolhardiness to misuse the office of the civil surgeon and issue letters on his behalf. Now, nearly three years after the incident, the law machinery has failed to move ahead in the case.

In spite of directions by the health secretary to the civil surgeon office to pursue the matter and get a First Information Report registered against the fraudsters, neither the health

CIVIL SURGEON’S AUTHORITY MISUSED, YET POLICE SEE NO REASON TO HOLD ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE

department nor police have been able to identify the culprits. On December 31, 2010, the day civil surgeon Dr Dogra retired from service, three letters were issued from his office recommending the transfers of Dr Avnish Sood from community health centre (CHC) Bhunga to Bhol Kalota, Dr Vajinder Singh from Bhol Kalota to Hariana and Dr Kamaljit Chohan from Budhawar to Hoshiarpur.

On a complaint from the civil surgeon office, the SSP marked an inquiry to SP ( detective). However, the latter recommended that the matter be put to rest, stating that it appeared to be a case of professional rivalry.