The Kozhikode district committee of the Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) has objected to the suspension of K.C. Ramesan, superintendent, Government Mental Health Centre, Kozhikode, from service after a remand prisoner who escaped from the facility died in a road accident on Tuesday.
In a release on Thursday, KGMOA district president C.K. Shaji and secretary Vipin Varkey said that the organisation would legally challenge the decision. “The unilateral and unjustified action against Dr. Ramesan, who has an exemplary service record, will demoralise doctors,” the district committee pointed out. Doctors at the government mental health centre would boycott out-patient services on Friday and a ‘black day’ would be observed in all government hospitals.
