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Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

New­ly ap­point­ed di­rec­tor of the South­west Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA), Dr Anand Cha­toor­goon, has is­sued a warn­ing to doc­tors at pub­lic fa­cil­i­ties un­der his purview, say­ing, “Shape up or ship out.”

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia dur­ing an in­ter­view, Cha­toor­goon said pa­tients were fac­ing long wait­ing lists for surg­eries, while some se­nior doc­tors who are paid con­sul­tants in pub­lic hos­pi­tals were putting pri­vate prac­tice first.