Dr Sudhakar who criticised the State Government on scarcity of masks dies in hospital

Doctor K. Sudhakar (55), who was suspended from Narsipatnam Area Hospital, last year for openly criticising the State Government for failing to provide PPE kits, masks and other protective gear to the

Doctor K. Sudhakar (55), who was suspended from Narsipatnam Area Hospital, last year for openly criticising the State Government for failing to provide PPE kits, masks and other protective gear to the doctors and nurses engaged in COVID treatment at hospitals, died due to cardiac arrest, late on Thursday night. His final rites were performed on Friday and he is survived by his wife and two sons. It may be remembered that he was suspended on April 8, last year, for criticising the government and it raked up quite a controversy. Later, the issue took a different turn, with the police reportedly manhandling him on the National Highway near Akkayyapalem, in Vizag city, and the High Court ordering a CBI probe into the issue.