We have typically witnessed police officers conducting a sting operation to nab culprits. Recently, an IAS officer disguised herself as a affected person and performed a secret operation at a healthcare centre in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad. It was on Tuesday when IAS officer Krati Raj reached the well being centre protecting her face with a veil. The officer mingled with different sufferers with out overt safety.

Firozabad SDM (Sadar) Krati Raj, who acted following a number of complaints by locals, discovered a number of inconsistencies throughout her inspection at Dida Mai well being centre. The officer discovered expired medicines on the pharmacy and injections have been additionally not administered correctly to sufferers.

An IAS officer of the 2021 batch, Krati Raj additionally spoke to the physician posing as a affected person and figured his conduct to be unprofessional. While workers weren’t at work regardless of being marked current, there was additionally a scarcity of hygiene and cleanliness on the healthcare centre.

“I had acquired a grievance with reference to Dida Mai well being centre that the physician was not current even after 10 am to manage the injection for canine chunk. I went there anonymously in a veil, the physician’s behaviour was not applicable,” the Sub-Divisional Magistrate told ANI.

In a video shared by the news agency, the IAS officer could be seen conducting a raid and taking out expired medicines at the health centre’s pharmacy.

Krati Raj said, “Half the medicines were expired, cleanliness was also not maintained.” She added, “Work was not being executed within the spirit of public service. We have famous these complaints and we’re investigating.”

Social media users reacted swiftly to the video. “Step out from the AC Cabin. Outstanding service,” a person stated. Another praised the officer noting, “Good job.”

Meanwhile, Chief Medical Officer Dr Rambadan Ram dismissed the claims that expired medicines were being given to patients. “I conducted an inspection at 12.05 pm on Wednesday. Work was on for cleanliness and painting. No major shortcomings, as pointed out by SDM were found at the health centre,” Hindustan Times quoted the CMO as saying.

He went on so as to add that no expired medicines have been being distributed to sufferers. Claiming that the SDM discovered ‘a wrong box of medicines with expiry date’, Dr Rambadan Ram additional stated, “The medicines with expiry dates in March and April 2024 have been saved individually and weren’t getting used. They have been to be discarded and have been talked about within the discharge register.”