India, March 23 -- The State Public Health Department has proposed disciplinary action against Pune district civil surgeon Dr Nagnath Yempallay for failure to implement key government guidelines related to healthcare institution accreditation. The department has cited negligence in filling out the ODK tool kit, an essential system for evaluating healthcare facilities, and not proposing institutions for national quality assurance standards (NQAS) evaluation, the officials said on Sunday.

Dr Radhakishan Pawar, deputy director of health services, Pune Region, on March 18 issued a letter directed to Dr Yempallay to submit a written defence statement within 10 days. The response must be submitted to both the director of health services and th...