12 staffers issued memos 'RIMS-Adilabad ventilator theft'

A dozen staffers were slapped with memos for showing negligence in protection of four ventilators at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Adilabad. RIMS director Dr Jaisingh Rathod on Wednesday issued the memos to the staffers, following the theft of the ventilators that occurred a few days earlier.

Staffers working with the pulmonology department and the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) were given memos for failing to safeguard the



life-saving machines. Action would be taken against those found negligent in protecting the ventilators, Dr Jaisingh said. Security was heightened following the incident.

RIMS authorities further said that security personnel had been provided with walkie-talkies as part of security measures. A proposal would be submitted to the government seeking a special protection force. They added that steps were being taken to prevent a recurrence of similar incidents in the future.