The Allahabad High Court has put a stay on the Uttar Pradesh government’s order to suspend doctor Kafeel Khan for the second time, Bar and...
The Allahabad High Court has put a stay on the Uttar Pradesh government’s order to suspend doctor Kafeel Khan for the second time, Bar and Bench reported on Tuesday.
Khan, a paediatrician at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital in Gorakhpur, was first suspended in 2017 after 63 children died at the facility reportedly due to lack of oxygen.
He was also jailed for nine months on charges of medical negligence, corruption and dereliction of duty. In September 2019, the Uttar Pradesh government cleared Khan of all charges and praised him for doing everything he could to help save lives.
But the same year, the government suspended Khan again for allegedly treating patients forcibly at a hospital in Bahraich district, according to PTI.
The Uttar Pradesh government alleged that Khan had entered the hospital’s paediatric department with some outsiders in 2018 and created panic, according to The Hindu.
The doctor challenged the order before the High Court, arguing that since he was already under suspension for the 2017 incident, there was no point in passing another similar order, according to Bar and Bench.
Khan also told the court that two years had passed since the government issued the second order for his suspension but the inquiry against him had not still been completed.
During a hearing on September 9, the High...
