Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Nitesh Patil has sought a detailed report from KIMS Director Ramalinga Antaratani on the issue of some doctors of Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) being accused of skipping work in hospital and proceeding to private hospitals to treat patients. This follows a sting operation by a television news channel.
Meanwhile, KIMS Doctors Association (KDA) has submitted a memorandum to the KIMS Director urging him not to take any action based on the sting operation, which, they said, was carried out with a malice intent to defaming KIMS doctors who have been working even beyond shifts in the wake of the pandemic.
In the sting operation carried out by the television channel, some doctors are seen registering their attendance through biometric device and subsequently, leaving the hospital premises either to go home or attend to work in private hospitals.
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