Mesu dispute affects services at Lumbini Regional Hospital

The provincial government made a cabinet-level decision to appoint 10th-level orthopedic specialist Dr. Lumbini Regional Hospital as medical superintendent. Indra Dhakal was appointed on 18th May 2081 . The eleventh level gynecologist said that the junior was made the head of the hospital. Vishnu Gautam filed a writ against it in the Supreme Court on June 13, 2081. The court is hearing about the current Dr. After Dhakal was given a short-term order not to work according to the responsibilities of the head, the hospital was left without a table .

Dr. Secretary of the Ministry of Health of Lumbini Province. According to Vasudev Upadhyay, due to the order of the Supreme Court, even though the hospital is currently without a bed, the state government has not done anything wrong. According to him, according to the law of the state government, it is a matter for the government to decide who will be given the responsibility of that post. Mesu has been appointed to the hospital as decided by the cabinet level meeting of the provincial government. Based on the writ filed in the Supreme Court, the position of Mesu of the provincial hospital is currently vacant,'' he said, 'after the final decision of the court, the matter of who will hold the position will be decided .

According to his claim, it is not stated in the law that only the upper level should have the responsibility of the said position . As the post is of the head of the office, the cabinet can decide. Upadhyay said .

According to Rajan KC, administrative officer of Lumbini Regional Hospital, all services have been affected except for minor internal work in the hospital. Mesu is responsible for making and implementing the big plans of the hospital. Now the hospital is progressing in the work of upgrading and building addition. Which Mesu has to look at . The work has been affected," he said. "When the chief post is vacant in the hospital, there is a problem in working from an administrative point of view. Our guardian verse is Mesu . Whatever order we have to work on, the same position is vacant.'

Dr. According to Gautam, he did not file a writ in the Supreme Court with the intention of affecting the services of the hospital. He said that the then health minister of the provincial government, Bishnu Panthi, brought him back from Palpa district hospital to the provincial hospital on February 20, 2079, with the assurance that he would be given the responsibility of Mesu at the Lumbini provincial hospital. However, when he was transferred from the district to the provincial hospital, only an 11th level specialist doctor was mentioned . The post of Mesu was vacant when he was transferred to the provincial hospital. At that time, Dr. Mesu was in charge. Jnanahari was given to Marasini . Then the 10th level expert doctor Dr. Sudarshan Thapa was made Mesu . He was in charge of Mesu from Chait 21, 2079 to May 2081.

Dr. since appearing in provincial hospital. Gautam said that he went to the court for justice because he was not allowed to work according to his qualifications. "After I appeared in February 2079, I was forced to go to court after ignoring the requests of the provincial government, the Ministry of Health and the hospital administration to take turns in Mesu, even when I was waiting for the responsibility," he said. I have been . That's why I have been wronged here now.'

According to him, after the Federal Ministry of Health and Population sent him to the Provincial Ministry of Health, he was only made to appear in the Ministry for the first year. According to his claim, he was not even given 10 months salary at that time. After I said I would go to court, the then Health Secretary Dr. Vikas Devkota handed over the letter to appear at Palpa District Hospital, he said. In August 2079, Gautam went to Palpa District Hospital. After working in Palpa for 6 months, he started at Lumbini Regional Hospital.

He says that people junior to him can hold the post of Messu, but even though he has been appointed to the same position from the public service, he has been unfairly denied the responsibility due to political reasons . The Supreme Court has scheduled Wednesday to hear the petition filed by him.

Mesu Senior Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon of Lumbini Regional Hospital who could not work after the court order. Dhakal said that the government has decided and given responsibility to him, so he is working accordingly. He said that since the civil law itself provides for the appointment of people who have not only qualifications but also competence and leadership roles in the office, he may have been given the responsibility accordingly. 'I had already worked as a mesu for two years,' he said, 'due to the contribution made by the Nepalese government to the development of the hospital, this opportunity may have been given for the second time.' According to the hospital, 850 people are working in various programs, committees and non-governmental organizations.