Hummingbird News Desk
KATWA, 14 MAY: An amount of Rs 1 crore monthly bill served to the Katwa Sub Divisional Hospital by a contractor agency has raised eyebrows of the hospital authority as well as of the hospital’s Patient Welfare Committee.
Most interestingly, the bill submitted by the medicine supplier agency accommodated Rs 3.20 lakh bill against supply of Biriyani plates and also a furniture bill worth Rs 82,000. “Moreover, the bills were submitted at least a month ahead of issuance of work orders and supply, as it appears,” said Dr Soubhik Alam, Medical Superintendent of the Katwa hospital.
He added: “After we raised suspicion, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer – 2 in Katwa has initiated a probe into this.”
Dr Subarno Goswami, Deputy CMOH-2 said today: “We’ve begun a probe against the alleged fictitious bills. We’re told to lodge FIR against the persons responsible for such misleading claims. We’re likely to complete the probe at the earliest.”
The ‘ambiguous’ bill today led a sensation in the hospital. The matter was also referred to the Patient Welfare Committee to scrutinize.
Rabindranath Chatterjee, MLA, Katwa is the Chairman of the Committee. He said: “How official stamps were used to recognize receipts against the fictitious supply also needs to be scrutinized and we suspect a fishy deal behind this.”
Tags: #KatwaHospital #Biriyani #PatientWelfareCommittee
