By Matthew Cella
The Washington Times
The doctor who oversees training and quality control for the D.C. fire department’s emergency medical services division has resigned, making him the third person to leave the post during the four-year tenure of Fire Chief Adrian H. Thompson.
Fire officials said yesterday that Dr. Amit Wadhwa, a part-time emergency department physician at Howard University Hospital and Providence Hospital, submitted his resignation effective today and that a search is under way for a new medical director.
“Dr. Wadhwa brought many improvements to the Fire-EMS Department and to EMS service in the District of Columbia — bringing more paramedics into the agency that can help critical patients, developing better programs to evaluate and improve the quality of care we give people in the District, and laying a strong foundation for the future,” Chief Thompson said.