KANPUR: The state government on Wednesday removed Dr RB Kamal, principal Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, from his post in wake of alleged anomalies at the Lala Lajpat Rai hospital.
According to an order released by principal secretary medical education Alok Kumar, Dr Sanjay Kala, acting principal of Government Medical College, Agra has been appointed as principal of GSVM medical college.
Dr Kamal has been made principal of Moti Lal Nehru medical college Prayagraj.
Dr Kala had earlier held a post of head of general surgery, GSVM medical college.
Later, he was made the officiating principal of Government medical college, Agra.
To recall, a major scam has surfaced at the GSVM medical college-run Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) hospital wherein Remdesivir injections were issued in the name of dead patients during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.
It came to fore during a probe that injections were removed from the store allegedly by the nursing staff in the name of the dead patients.
Later, a probe was ordered and a three-member committee of GSVM medical college recommended suspension of sister-in charge of Covid hospital, Manjulika Mishra and pharmacist Nagendra Bajpayi after they were found accused of involvement in the Remdesivir injections scam at LLR hospital.
Besides, a show cause notice was issued to eight other nursing staff members.
Also to recall, even chief minister Yogi Adityanath had expressed displeasure with Ganesh Shankar Medical College authorities over the reservation of Covid beds at their institute during his visit to the city in the month of May.
Sources had informed TOI that the CM reprimanded GSVM medical college authorities for allocating only 350 beds for the Covid patients at the institute which houses 1,700 beds.
Meanwhile, chief medical superintendent of LLR Dr Jyoti Saxena was also removed from her posts in wake of anomalies with regard to wrong and delay in data feeding of Covid-19 cases in the district.
She has been attached to the health directorate.