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This is an incident that took
place in the year 1992 when I was at a junior level in my career & in need of
money. I was working as an RMO in a charitable trust dispensary near Gandhinagar,
Gujarat. The village had a population of more than 8000 & atleast one person was
working in each police station of Gujarat. The dispensary was so trustworthy
that patients came here from far distances, some even from Rajsthan. The routine
OPD was around 300 patients/day. I was new to this organisation. My senior
doctor had left the organisation after a service of about 27 years. He was a
most respectable person for me as he passed his whole life caring for the poor
sick people & had put up a dispensary and brought it to such a level. At
present, what I have achieved as a General Practitioner is thanks to what I have
learnt from him.
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While working for about 3 months, I had suspected that
something was wrong in an accounting matter. After a random search of few opd
cases, I found that there were discrepancies in accounts registers reaching upto
Rs.45000/- within 3 months. My wife was worried because the dispensary was far
from the village & wondered who will help if something goes wrong. The
responsible person came to know that I have found out something that may harm
him. He came with local leader/relative of the village to my house at night &
insisted that I stop such activity. He told me that the trustee may be happy for
once & ultimately a "Use & Throw" matter will be faced by you. He offered me
Rs.50000/- (a big amount for me) to stop the matter. But I refused to accept the
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Next in turn, I told the honorable president. He
heard me & told me to show the true documented evidences. The president was a
famous business man in Ahmedabad & a native of that village. As a president, he
never visited the village since last 20 years. He called up a meeting of the
other trustees at the dispensary. I presented more than 500 case papers that I
had sorted out & asked them to pick up as much as they wish. They picked up a
few forms and I showed them what was wrong. Ultimately, they suspended the
accused. The detailed investigation of the last 10 years was carried out & a
theft of about Rs. 27 lacs was discovered. |
The trustee took my insurance of 1 lac rupee because I was
doing home visits at any time for sick people. I have worked there for about 3
years. Within that period, one of the relatives of the accused had tried
to finish me. I have left the organization for a better prospect, but villagers
& trustees were not ready to accept my resignation.
I was so happy that we have received a healthy baby boy after 3 abortions
that my wife suffered. We believe that the child is a gift from God and
blessings of all those poor people who I served. None of the gynecologists we
referred to told us that we will be parents in the future considering the
problems that my wife faced during her pregnancy period.
I believe that my son is an award from God that I received
due to my HONESTY and the prayers of my patients.
Contributed By:
Dr.Hitendra Patel, Sr. Medical Officer, Birla Copper, Hindalco Ind.
Ltd. Dahej. Gujarat.
hitendra.patel@adityabirla.com
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