{
  "id": 16102721,
  "title": "Mumbai: HBT Trauma Care Hospital Issues Show-Cause Notices To 2 Doctors Over Attendance Irregularities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/mumbai-hbt-trauma-care-hospital-issues-show-cause-notices-to-2",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T19:51:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-hbt-trauma-care-hospital-issues-show-cause-notices-to-2-doctors-over-attendance-irregularities"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai, October 22, 2026: The Mumbai Municipal Corporation-operated Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital has issued show-cause notices to two medical professionals from its ENT and dental departments due to attendance irregularities. One ENT specialist consultant reportedly only attended work twice during September, while a dental practitioner was accused of marking biometric attendance without actually being present in the outpatient department during scheduled duty hours. The hospital administration has requested detailed explanations from both doctors, warning that non-compliance could result in further disciplinary action, including salary deductions. These notices follow a recent city-wide attendance monitoring crackdown by the BMC, which has already terminated a contract in-charge at HBT Trauma Care Hospital and issued notices to around 100 doctors across five major hospitals for discrepancies in biometric attendance records.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 22, 2026: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital has issued show-cause notices to two doctors from its ENT and dental departments over alleged attendance irregularities and unauthorised absence from duty. According to one notice, a specialist medical consultant in the ENT department was reportedly present for…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}