Kozhikode (Kerala), Jun 5 (PTI) Vigilance officials have detected that a government doctor was allegedly engaged in private practice while drawing a non-practising allowance from the state government, officials said on Friday.
The case came to light during a surprise inspection conducted by the Kozhikode unit of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau following a tip-off that some doctors working in government medical colleges were also practising in private hospitals.
According to vigilance officials, an associate professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Government Medical College, Mananthavady in Wayanad district, was found to be practising at a private hospital in Kottakkal in Malappuram district.
The inspection was carried
out on June 5 by a team led by Vigilance Deputy Superintendent of Police K K Biju.
Preliminary findings showed that the doctor receives a monthly salary of around Rs 3 lakh from the government medical college.
Vigilance officials also found that he was drawing an additional monthly income of about Rs 7 lakh from the private hospital where he was allegedly practising.
Officials said the inquiry is part of a wider crackdown on government doctors who receive a non-practising allowance but are suspected of working in private hospitals.
According to vigilance sources, nearly 200 such doctors are currently under surveillance, and further action will be taken based on the findings of ongoing investigations. PTI COR TGB SSK
