Patiala doctor 'thrashes' MBBS student, shifted

Tribune News Service

Karam Prakash

Patiala, May 13

A senior doctor at the Government Medical College (GMC) Patiala has been shifted to GMC Amritsar after he was accused of thrashing a first-year MBBS student during the class tests last month.

The action was taken after the father of the student lodged a complaint against Dr G S Kalyan, who is a professor and head of the Department of Anatomy. In the complaint, a copy of which is in possession of The Tribune, the father alleged that his son was punched and slapped before his forehead was banged on the desk. .

However, Dr Kalyan has denied the allegations and said that he only held the student by his neck and asked him to sit down as he was disturbing the class. “Allegations of slapping and banging his head on desk are totally false. Everything will be crystal clear if other students – who were sitting in the class – are asked about the incident,” said Dr Kalyan.

Hussan Lal, Principal Secretary, Medical Education, said, “The inquiry is still underway. The concerned doctor has already been shifted so as to make him not to influence the inquiry. We are taking the matter seriously.”

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