No Ragging Observed- says BJ Medical College, Women's Commission to examine report

Pune: After the Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) took suo motu cognisance of the alleged incidents of ragging involving two female resident doctors at BJ Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital, the institute has claimed in its report that no such incident took place. 

It was alleged by the two female resident doctors that they were bullied and ragged by senior doctors. Following this, the college came under the Commission's radar.

The report from the medical colleges came after the MSCW Chairperson Rupali Chakankar directed the institute to submit a report regarding the purported incidents within five days.

Submitting the report on Friday, the medical college claimed that "no ragging was observed" in either of the incidents. A team of MSCW counselors will now thoroughly examine the report. They will also interact with the complainants in order to ascertain the facts, reports Mirror.

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As per the latest media report by Pune Mirror, two female first-year PG resident doctors complained of being ragged. One of them is from the radiology department of the medical college, whereas the other complainant is from the anesthesiology department.

The Daily adds that the two complaints were filed within a month. The first incident allegedly took place in March and the second incident occurred in the first week of April. Both of the complaints were formally reported to the authorities. Based on the complaints, the medical college initiated an inquiry and the grievance redressal committee consisting 13 members investigated the matter.

In its report submitted to MSCW, the college mentioned that both the parties involved, along with their parents, underwent counseling sessions before the grievance redressal committee. Following this, the findings were forwarded to the Commissioner of Medical Education and Research, Mumbai.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER), Maharashtra had sought a fresh report from the institute's internal anti-ragging committee regarding the two alleged instances of ragging.