SJN Homoeopathic Medical College faculty suspended over complaints of harassment by female students
Guwahati: Taking action against a doctor over allegations of physical harassment by two female students at SJN Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital in Guwahati's Panjabari, the Directorate of Medical Education, Assam suspended him on grounds of gross misconduct.
The action was taken after the two female students of the medical college filed a complaint of harassment against the doctor who serves as a Reader in the Department of Organon Medicine at the hospital.
Taking note of the serious allegations, a show cause notice was served to the doctor before his suspension order seeking an explanation for his actions. However, he failed to provide any specific reason justifying his behaviour.
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In response to his failed attempt to prove the allegations wrong, the medical education department took action against him by suspending him with immediate effect and cited the reason as "gross misconduct".
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