Dr Kafeel Khan, the suspended paediatrician of Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, requesting him to revoke his suspension so that he could use his medical expertise to treat Covid patients. He said he wants to serve patients infected with the coronavirus.
In his letter, he writes, “I have written 38 letters to the state government to revoke my suspension. The inquiry committee constituted by the state government has given a clean chit in the case. The Allahabad high court, as well as the Supreme Court in the orders passed in 2019, directed the state government to decide on my suspension within 90 days but even after 1,300 days, the suspension has not been revoked.”
Khan hit the headlines in August 2017 when he was accused of medical negligence for the disruption of oxygen supply in the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur that led to the death of about 60 children, and said that he wanted to serve the country in this emergency situation.
He wrote he has 15-year experience in managing the patients admitted to the intensive care units and said that he could be suspended again after the pandemic is over.
Khan is currently working with a group of like-minded doctors -- Doctors On-Road -- spreading awareness on Covid appropriate behaviour and providing relief and treatment to patients in villages and inaccessible areas.
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The letter which was sent to the official email ID of the Chief Minister's Office read, "The country is currently embroiled in the second deadlier Covid wave. I have 15 years of medical experience which perhaps could help in saving some lives. I request you to revoke my suspension so that I could serve the nation."