kritika tiwaryranchi state health minister banna gupta on friday took stern action against two doctors of the cardiology department of rajendra institute of medical sciences rims over dereliction of duty flouting of norms and charging of money from patients while one of the physicians has been suspended for a month the months salary of the other physicians has been withheldinaugurating a threeday free heart checkup camp organised under the aegis of the state health department and satya sai hospital of rajkot and ahmedabad at the facility the minister also reprimanded the physicians dr rakesh chaudhary of the cardiothoracic vascular surgery department and dr prakash kumar head of the cardiology department who often allegedly get into internal politics and argument neglecting their duties before communicating his action the minister interacted with senior doctors of rims and officials of its managementwhile chaudhary is facing a months suspension a show cause notice has been issued to kumar with a months salary to be held back gupta has also ordered a departmental inquiry against the duo gupta said upon receiving numerous complaints from patients over the recent past the action has been taken against the doctors the department could not function properly owing to infighting among the doctors it is unacceptable if patients complain that money was charged from them at the facility the said adding that there were complaints of private practice by the doctors as wellwe want to serve the people of the state with new schemes the free heart checkup camp has been launched to help those suffering from various cardiac issues the health department will not tolerate any laxity on part of doctors and health staff if any complaint is received we will take action against the specific staff gupta addeddirectorinchief of the health department dr krishna kumar said the camp aims to cater to around 1600 patients