THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Dr Abraham Kuruvilla, additional professor of Neurology at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), who was suspended from service based on the allegation that he had hacked e-mail accounts, has been invited by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for consultations for setting up a stroke programme in Mongolia.Apart from the charges of hacking e-mail accounts, the doctor had been pulled up for ‘harassing’ a colleague, when he pointed out that a head surgery, usually a life-saving procedure, was totally unnecessary in a stroke patient, who later died. The doctor’s request for permission to travel abroad was turned down by the SCTIMST as a domestic enquiry and police investigation were on into the charges against him. The whole trip was being financed by the Mongolian division of the WHO.When the parent organisation refused to give sanction for the Mongolian trip, Dr Abraham Kuruvilla approached the High Court of Kerala. Already, a case regarding the suspension was before the High Court. On June 8, the High Court issued an interim order permitting Dr Kuruvilla to leave the country, on the condition that he will positively return to India on June 27. The court order, which has permitted Dr Kuruvilla to leave the country on June 10 and return on June 27, also said that the enquiry will continue thereafter.Meanwhile, the SCTIMST authorities who had said that they would give their version once the director is back from Delhi, has, in a rejoinder, made a sweeping statement that all the news that has been coming in the media are baseless.They further said that the news reports on the suspension of the two doctors are condemnable, without mentioning how it is so. The administrative medical officer, who issued the rejoinder, has said that they are unable to give more details as the matter is in court.
Comments
0 comment