The record
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- Two health department officers in Bidar district, Dr Dnyaneshwar Nirgude and Dr Ashok Mailare, have been suspended for protocol violations and dereliction of duty.
- The action relates to a foundation stone laying ceremony for a sub-division hospital building in Basavakalyan on September 16.
- Health and Family Welfare Services Commissioner Gurudatt Hegde ordered the suspension with immediate effect, pending a departmental inquiry.
- Dr Nirgude has been transferred to the public hospital in Manvi taluk of Raichur district, and Dr Mailare to the public hospital in Afzalpur of Kalaburagi district.
- The suspension follows complaints by Congress workers that the flex and banners at the ceremony omitted the portrait of Health Minister U.T.
- Khader, breaching protocol.
What to watch next
- Outcome of the pending departmental inquiry into the protocol violation
- Whether further action is taken against officials over the omission of the Health Minister's portrait
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Why it matters3
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- Dhyaneshwar Nirgudi and Ashok Mailari (suspended health officers) suspended from duty· immediate
- Bidar district and Basavakalyan taluk health administration leadership vacancy· days
- Karnataka Health Department protocol enforcement precedent· weeks
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Named India · Ashok Mailare · Ashok Mailari · Basavakalyan · Bidar · Dhyaneshwar Neeragude · Dhyaneshwar Nirgudi · Gurudatta Hegde · Health department · Indian National Congress · U.T. Khader
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