The Dean of a Pune general hospital has suspended two junior resident doctors for forcibly discharging a disabled patient in the early hours of July 22 nd . The 32-year-old patient was admitted to the orthopedic department of the hospital after a bus ran over his legs. In the early morning of July 22 nd , the junior doctors escorted the patient out of the hospital and abandoned him in an isolated area near a mental asylum. Next day, a CCTV footage emerged showing the patient abandoned under a tree, accompanied by two social workers.
This led the police to file an FIR against one of the doctors and another staff member under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act. Following the internal committee’s report of the involvement of a second doctor in the incident, the dean suspended him from academic activities. In addition, he recommended the Directorate of Medical Education and Research and the…
