Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Five more KGMU residents suspended

- HT Correspond­ent letters@htlive.com

LUCKNOW: King George’s Medical University (KGMU) administra­tion on Thursday suspended five more resident doctors after they were found guilty of indulging in the group clash that took place at trauma centre of the hospital last Saturday night, according to a probe panel.

“Dr Dhirendra Verma, Dr Adarsh Sengar, Dr Rohit Shukla of the orthopaedi­c department and Dr Azhar and Dr Neeraj of the medicine department have been suspended with immediate effect. The hospital suspended Dr Rahul Shukla, Dr Shubham, and Dr Anushvan Rao of orthopaedi­c department and Dr Mayank, Dr Pradyuman and Dr Krishna Pal Singh Parmar of medicine department in this connection on Monday,” said Prof Prof RAS Kushwaha, KGMU chief proctor in a press statement.

These suspension­s came after a primary probe found them guilty of fighting with each other at the trauma centre on Saturday night, over treatment of their two colleagues.

“All these resident doctors will remain suspended from work till the probe is completed. And a final decision will be taken after the probe report comes,” said Prof Kushwaha.

The scuffle took place at around 1am when two of the resident doctors of the orthopaedi­c department were brought there for treatment after they fell ill due to excessive consumptio­n of alcohol in a birthday party, held somewhere in the city. Those who brought them were also drunk.

THESE SUSPENSION­S CAME AFTER A PRIMARY PROBE FOUND THEM GUILTY OF FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER AT THE TRAUMA CENTRE ON SATURDAY NIGHT

Reportedly, residents of medicine department had asked the residents of orthopaedi­c department to get registrati­on slips made as it may be required later for legal purpose if the illness of medicos turned serious. And soon they clashed with each other.

The five-member committee, probing the incident that was supposed to complete the report by Wednesday, had taken statements of the resident doctors who were present during the scuffle. “The residents will be called once again to cross check their statements, after the committee goes through the CCTV footage,” Prof Kushwaha said.

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