Shift me to better hospital: Suspended Andhra Pradesh doctor

Suspended doctor K Sudhakar, who is undergoing treatment at the Government Hospital for Mental Care, wrote a letter to the hospital Superintendent requesting that he be shifted to a better medical centre.

Visakhapatnam: A government doctor in Andhra Pradesh who was suspended after he accused state government of not providing safety kits for doctors, arrested for creating ruckus at a public place and later, admitted at a hospital here for mental care, has now written a letter requesting that he be shifted to a better medical hospital.

In the letter, Dr. Sudhakar wrote about all the issues from the controversy at Narsipatnam Area Hospital till his admission in the hospital.

He alleged that the he was being administered psychiatric drug despite being normal, and that they were leading to reactions on his body such as rashes and urinary problem.

He even enclosed a photograph of his lip, which he claims dried up due to the unnecessary medication.

He had created a ruckus on Chennai-Kolkata national highway in Vishakhapatnam on May 16.

As per reports, the government hospital doctor had removed his shirt and later lied down on the national highway after parking his car on the roadside. The doctor was reportedly in an inebriated state. Police officials in Vishakhapatnam detained him and seized his car.

An anesthetist at the Narsipatnam government hospital, Dr Sudhakar was suspended by the Andhra government a few weeks ago for comments in which he had alleged improper distribution of face masks to the doctors amid COVID-19 pandemic.

With inputs from ANI