The health department of the PMC continues to be in the news. It has come to light that the bills are signed by the assistant health chief instead of the health chief. Due to this, the deputy health chief, who took charge as the health chief only a month and a half ago, has recalled and signed as many as 85 files that went to the accounts department during his tenure. (Pune Municipal Corporation – PMC).
It came to light that in the health department of the municipal corporation, bills have been signed by the assistant health chief instead of the health chief for the last year. Earlier, all the three health chiefs were in government service. In fact, it is mandatory for all bills above Rs.3 lakh to be signed by the head of health. Notably, the bills signed by the Assistant Health Heads have also been approved by the Accounts Department.
These bills include the purchase of medicines and medical equipment, the urban poor and the bills to be paid to private hospitals under the contributory scheme. Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner Prithviraj B.P. He ordered an inquiry into the matter.
At the same time, the signatures of health chiefs have also been made mandatory on every bill. In this context, Health Minister Dr. As many as 85 files submitted by Kalpana Baliwant to the accounts department with the signature of the assistant health chief during her tenure were recalled. The bills were immediately signed and sent back to the accounts department.
The buzz of the movement of files on such a large scale was discussed in the municipal circle in the evening. As per the orders of the Additional Commissioner, the files of my tenure were sought from the Accounts Department for the signature of the Health Chief on the files of the bills. They are being examined, signed and sent back to the accounts department.
Dr. Kalpana Balivant, in-charge health chief (Dr. Kalpana Baliwant)
The bills must be signed by the head of the department. The Manual Bills (Rabbit) coming from the Health Department are signed by the Health Heads. But the fact is that they are not on the bills coming from the SAP system. As per the demand made by the health heads, 85 files of bills have been sent back to them. These bills have not yet been paid.