VISAKHAPATNAM: The public health department has ordered for recovery of funds from the officers responsible at Chintapalli sub-treasury.
Staff at the sub-treasury and medical and health department colluded to withdraw salaries in the names of fictitious contract employees in 2012-13 and 2013-14. It has been alleged that nearly Rs 8 crore were misused by 40 employees and 26 employees, including 16 from the medical and health department, were suspended. Later all the accused rejoined the service.
Director of public health and family welfare, Dr T Geeta Prasadini, asked Visakhapatnam DMHO to find out the amounts misappropriated by each individual and recover the same from them. She also requested the DMHO to furnish a report on the issue within 10 days and the status of the criminal case filed against the accused to the commissioner of public health and family welfare.
