ENT medico alleges ragging, doctor booked

Solan: In a ragging incident reported from MMU Medical College, Sultanpur in Himachal Pradesh, a doctor has been booked over ragging allegations by a PG medico of the ENT department.

The student, a resident of Punjab pursuing her post-graduation in the department Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) filed a complaint at the Dharampur police station claiming that the accused doctor 'mentally and physically tortured' her. She alleged that the doctor forcefully slammed her head into the wall, after which he fell. 

The police booked the doctor after she alleged that the medical college authorities did not respond to her complaint regarding the doctor's alleged involvement in ragging.

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According to a recent report by Tribune, on March 23, the doctor allegedly ragged her and tortured her verbally and physically. Her head was banged against the wall and she fell down, she further alleged. Despite informing the department staff, no action was initiated against the doctor, forcing her to lodge an FIR, the complainant said.

The same day the incident happened, the student approached the police and registered a case under Sections 3, 4(5), 5 of the HP Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Ragging) Act, 2009 against the doctor, adds the daily.  

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported another ragging incident from Himachal Pradesh where 9 MBBS students were suspended for 45 days for allegedly ragging the junior batch. The accused medicos were fined Rs 50,000 each and were debarred from attending any sports or literary function for a year. 

These nine students were allegedly found to be involved in the ragging of junior students (2023 batch) in the dissection hall of the anatomy department of the college on March 4, in which abusive words were also used, college officials said in a statement. 

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