A teacher in Odisha’s Balangir district was forced to report to work with a saline drip after being allegedly denied sick leave and “mentally harassed” over repeated requests.<\/p>\n
Prakash Bhoi, a mathematics teacher at Bhainsa Adarsha Vidyalaya, had travelled on March 6 to attend the last rites of his grandfather. Soon after, he fell ill and applied for sick leave.<\/p>\n
Bijayalaxmi Pradhan, the school’s vice principal and current principal-in-charge, allegedly denied his request and ordered him to report to the District Education Officer (DEO)-cum-District Project Coordinator (DPC) in Balangir.<\/p>\n
“After my grandfather died, I was feeling sick and applied for leave. But she denied it and asked me to reach the DPC office. I left despite not being well, both physically and mentally,” Mr Bhoi told Odia outlet Kalinga TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite his deteriorating condition, Mr Bhoi followed orders and reached the DPC’s office in Balangir.<\/p>\n At around noon, his condition worsened, and he sought permission to visit a hospital. “Instead of asking about my health, she asked if I could return by 2 pm\u00a0for verification,” he alleged.<\/p>\n Prakash Bhoi said he tried to visit a hospital despite the principal-in-charge’s harsh words but couldn’t reach the government hospital as it was too far. Without cash and a working UPI system, he couldn’t seek treatment at private clinics either and had to return to the office, where he worked till late evening.<\/p>\n Later that night, he finally managed to seek medical attention but was still allegedly denied leave and ordered to report to school for exam preparations.<\/p>\n “Finding no other means, I had to come to the school this morning. Before coming to the school, I met a doctor who administered saline to me as my health was not well. I reached the school with saline drip as it did not get over by the time I had to leave for the school,” Mr Bhoi said.<\/p>\n Upon reaching the school, Mr Bhoi’s colleagues rushed him to a hospital.<\/p>\n “This is not the first time I was denied sick leave,” he claimed. “She is doing some partiality when it comes to leave. Other teachers get leaves easily and quickly, but in my case I am either denied or mentally harassed,” he alleged.<\/p>\n Reacting to the incident, Patnagarh Block Education Officer (BEO) Prasad Majhi assured a probe. Action will be taken against the accused, whoever it may be, he said.<\/p>\n \u200bPrakash Bhoi, the mathematics teacher, claimed this was not the first time his sick leave was denied, alleging that the principal favoured other teachers while denying his requests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A teacher in Odisha’s Balangir district was forced to report to work with a saline drip after being<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":89365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn.jpeg",1200,738,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn-300x185.jpeg",300,185,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn-768x472.jpeg",640,393,true],"large":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn-1024x630.jpeg",640,394,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn.jpeg",1200,738,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn.jpeg",1200,738,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn-825x575.jpeg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9vr7fdm_school-classroom_625x300_14_November_24-MLa0fn-590x410.jpeg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?author=0"},"category_info":"Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}