Parliament clinic doctor to be disciplined for missing work

A senior medical officer, who is based at the Parliament clinic during its meetings, faces disciplinary action after failing to report to work for more than two months. Datuk Dr Jeyaindran Sinnadurai, health deputy director-general, said the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, where Dr B. Sugumaran, 50, was attached to when parliament was not sitting, had been trying to find him through his family, but attempts had been futile. "Dr Sugumaran has not come for work for two months. We will go through all the procedures to locate a civil servant, who fails to show up for work, by contacting his mobile phone and family members. "The ministry has done that but we have got nowhere," he told The Malaysian Insider. Dr Jeyaindran said disciplinary action would be taken against the missing doctor as he had failed to report for duty. "The ministry is in the process of taking disciplinary action against Dr Sugumaran for not coming to work. "The normal practice is issuing a show-cause letter and let him defend himself. He may not send or respond to the letter, but we will give him a few months to respond first. "His file will be sent to the Public Services Department, which would take disciplinary action against him. That could possibly get him fired," he said, adding that the process might take six months. Ipoh Barat MP M. Kula Segaran yesterday lodged a police report after Dr Sugumaran had failed to report for duty for more than a month. He said lawmakers were concerned about the absence of the popular 50-year-old doctor, who served in the designated clinic in Parliament grounds, especially during meetings. "The Parliament clinic staff said Dr. Sugumaran did not step into the office since January this year. "I have also tried contacting his friends and relatives to no avail. "He is a bachelor with parents past 80 years old and they have yet to lodge a report, therefore I decided to do it." – February 18, 2016.]]>