Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane reprimanded the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Goa Medical College and Hospital and ordered his immediate suspension, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday that the senior doctor would not be suspended.
Rain on Saturday Dr. Rudresh Kuttikar was seen in a video, which was after receiving a complaint against him. The work of the minister attracted the medical fraternity and criticism and resentment from the public.
Sawant said that he reviewed the issue and discussed it with Rain. In a post on X, he said, “I have reviewed the issue at Goa Medical College and discussed with the Health Minister. I want to assure the people of Goa that Dr. Rudresh Kuttikar will not be suspended.”
The Chief Minister said that the state government and its dedicated medical team are fully committed to ensure the highest standards of healthcare for every citizen. “We also appreciate our doctors’ tireless efforts and invaluable service, which continue to save life,” he said.
I have reviewed the issue at Goa Medical College and discussed with the Health Minister. I want to assure the people of Goa that Dr. Rudresh dogkar will not be suspended.
The state government and our dedicated medical team are fully committed to ensuring the highest …
– Dr. Pramod Sawant (@drpramodpsawant) June 8, 2025
The line began on Saturday when Rain visited the hospital for an inspection and received a complaint against the CMO to deny the injection to a patient.
In a video of the incident, Ran was shown to be shown to the senior doctor, saying, “You learn to control your tongue. You are a doctor. Don’t force me to work. Do not work. Keep your hands out (of your pockets) when you are standing in front of me. I usually don’t lose your cold, but you don’t cool yourself.
The minister then asked the Medical Superintendent to issue a suspension order, “… take him out of here.”
“You are not authorized to speak. When I am speaking. You get out of here. You are a doctor to serve the poor. I am suspending you … You are just understanding one thing, you are working with me. First, when I am talking to you, when I am talking to you, you can learn to be quiet. Rain said.
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Later, the minister said that he worked “in defense of” an helpless, elderly woman “.
“I admit that my vowels and words can be measured more. I am not above reflection or criticism. I take full responsibility for how I communicated, and I assure you, such an approach will not be repeated,” he said in a post on X on Saturday night.
The Health Minister said that he received a message from a member of a concerned family, “How a senior citizen, was already advised to receive pain and medical, was denied injections on GMC casualties on a public holiday. The matter was made worse that the casualties were made worse at that time, at that time the casualties were at least the patient’s weight, and still, I found a simple work that was found. Was.”
He said, “What I will not apologize for, he is standing for a patient who was rejected.”
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