Arrest man who misbehaved with colleague: Doctors

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Malout, July 18

Doctors posted at the Civil Hospital here on Wednesday lodged a protest and suspended OPD services from 8 am to 2 pm, seeking suspension of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and arrest of a man who allegedly misbehaved with a doctor doing emergency duty on Friday night.

The protesting doctors also got the support of the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

They said they had gone to meet the local DSP after getting an appointment from him, but they had to wait for 20 minutes standing outside.

Dr Amritpal Singh said, “A patient who had suffered an electric shock was brought to the hospital on July 13 night. When the attendants were informed about his death, one of them used foul language and misbehaved with me. The information was immediately given to senior police officials. However, after almost three hours, when an ASI reached the hospital, who was drunk, refused to initiate any action against the accused, saying that they were known to each other.”

“Later, a case was registered against Gurmeet Singh and the ASI was transferred to the district police lines. It happened only after we sent a tweet regarding it to the DGP. However, we want that the policeman be suspended and the accused arrested,” he added.

Meanwhile, Dr Sukhpal Singh, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Muktsar, too visited the hospital to hold talks with the protesting doctors.

Malout SP Iqbal Singh also held talks with the protesting doctors and assured that the accused would be arrested soon and policeman suspended. Thereafter, the doctors lifted the protest.

A large number of patients had to return without check-up. However, emergency services were not affected as the protesting doctors had allowed these.