Ragging at BJ Medical College: Maha DMER seeks Fresh Report from internal panel

Pune: The Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER), Maharashtra has sought a fresh report from the BJ Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital's internal anti-ragging committee regarding two instances of alleged ragging at the institute.

This new development was confirmed by DMER Dr. Dilim Mhaisekar, who told the TOI, "We have sought a detailed report from the college’s internal anti-ragging committee regarding the two alleged incidents. According to the protocol, the college must first probe the matter internally and send the report to us."

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"The college authorities had sent us a report on Monday in connection with one of the incidents but it was not enough. We have raised many queries in the report. There are about 12 candidates involved in the case. We have asked for recorded statements from all these candidates. The college asked us for 15 days to file a fresh report but we have asked them to submit their report within a week," Dr. Mhaisekar told the Times of India.

"Regarding the second incident, the college’s internal anti-ragging committee has started looking into it," he added.

Although initially, the Dean of the Institute Dr. Vinayak Kale did not comment on the matter, his text sent to TOI on Wednesday stated, "No ragging at BJMC, Pune. Do not spread wrong information. All media persons. Do not malign the well-built image of the reputed institute."

Medical Dialogues had recently reported that authorities of B J Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) initiated a probe into the ragging complaint filed by a 24-year-old junior resident doctor. Allegedly, the Junior Resident Doctor, studying in her first year of Doctor of Medicine course in Anaesthesia, was ragged and bullied by seniors while working in the department.