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KGMOA seeks probe into graft charge

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Demands that action be taken against the guilty

KOZHIKODE: The Kerala Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) has demanded that action be taken against doctors involved in the alleged irregularities reported at District Hospital.

An emergency meeting of the Kozhikode chapter of the association here said it would not stand in the way of punitive action against those found guilty of taking bribe.

The meeting expressed grave concern over reports which highlighted instances of corruption at the hospital causing hardship to the poor.

However, the KGMOA warned that newspaper reports and public campaigns against offences committed by a few Government employees would demoralise the Government machinery if blown out of proportion.

"A majority of the doctors posted in the hospital are honest, hardworking and dedicated. They should not be demoralised and maligned for deviant behaviour of a few of their colleagues," the association said.

The KGMOA issued a statement to this effect in response to reports by a Malayalam television channel which said that a couple of doctors at the district hospital had allegedly demanded bribe and later tried to cover up their misdeeds with the connivance of a few local politicians.

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