Vellore doc resigns, says he was hounded
Shanmughansundaram J
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Vellore
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Adjudged Best Doctor Five Times
Sathiaraj Nesan, who had been honoured as the best government doctor in Vellore five times for excellence in service, has tendered his resignation saying he was targeted by people with vested interest.During his service, the 44-yearold said, he outperformed several of his colleagues at Government Vellore Medical College Hospital and other hospitals in the district.Dr Nesan, who joined the Government Hospital n Vaniyambadi on August 20, 2007 after clearing the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission exam, said the government allocated `1 crore to establish an exclusive unit for the ophthalmology department there on seeing his performance. Since the department came up in 2010, he performed over 7,000 successful cataract (SICS and PHACO) surgeries, glaucoma surgeries, autograft and oculoplastic surgeries.
An incident on August 29 this year pushed him to tender his resignation, Dr Nesan said.At 6.30pm on that day , he was attending to a heart patient, when a man aged about 20 approached him and said he had fever and cold. “I asked him to go to the staff nurse. His questioned me why I did not check his son. Though I explained him that the boy had seasonal flu, he was not in a mood to listen,“ Dr Nesan, who had served for five years in a charitable hospital near Tirupattur before joining the Vaniyambadi GH, told TOI.
Within a few minutes, a group of 10-15 men barged into the doctor's duty room. “They took movie CDs that I had in my bag and spread them on my table. They said I was watch ing movies during duty . I told them I watched movies only when I am free, but they built a case against me to shame me and it was flashed on TV channels. It humiliated me and put my family in an unwanted situation,“ said Dr Nesan who performed 99 surgeries of the 167 done in the GH in August.
After completing his duty on August 31, Dr Nesan submitted his resignation letter. “I stronglyfeel it was not an instant reaction of the public. It was a planned one,“ he said. “I do not feel safe about completing service in Vaniyambadi GH after the incident. Hence, I submitted my resignation letter to the medical officer (Dr Usha Gnanasekaran) on September 1. Though they did not accept my letter, I am not ready to go there,“ said Dr Nesan, an alumnus of JIPMER.
An incident on August 29 this year pushed him to tender his resignation, Dr Nesan said.At 6.30pm on that day , he was attending to a heart patient, when a man aged about 20 approached him and said he had fever and cold. “I asked him to go to the staff nurse. His questioned me why I did not check his son. Though I explained him that the boy had seasonal flu, he was not in a mood to listen,“ Dr Nesan, who had served for five years in a charitable hospital near Tirupattur before joining the Vaniyambadi GH, told TOI.
Within a few minutes, a group of 10-15 men barged into the doctor's duty room. “They took movie CDs that I had in my bag and spread them on my table. They said I was watch ing movies during duty . I told them I watched movies only when I am free, but they built a case against me to shame me and it was flashed on TV channels. It humiliated me and put my family in an unwanted situation,“ said Dr Nesan who performed 99 surgeries of the 167 done in the GH in August.
After completing his duty on August 31, Dr Nesan submitted his resignation letter. “I stronglyfeel it was not an instant reaction of the public. It was a planned one,“ he said. “I do not feel safe about completing service in Vaniyambadi GH after the incident. Hence, I submitted my resignation letter to the medical officer (Dr Usha Gnanasekaran) on September 1. Though they did not accept my letter, I am not ready to go there,“ said Dr Nesan, an alumnus of JIPMER.
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