Panel formed to probe sexual harassment complaints against doctors in Chennai hospital
Pushpa Narayan | TNN | Updated: May 1, 2018, 21:00 IST
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CHENNAI: A three-member committee headed by Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital dean Dr R Jayanthi has been appointed to inquire into sexual harassment complaints against a few doctors in Kasturba General Hospital at Triplicane here.
The inquiry has been ordered based on anonymous written complaints received by the Directorate of Medical Education and CM’s cell, officials said.
In February, the Directorate of Medical Education received two anonymous letters about harassment in the Kasturba General Hospital. The letter alleged that a senior professor in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology had ordered her postgraduate students to dish out sexual favours to a male junior faculty member in the department of anaesthetics.
“Although it was anonymous, we did not want to ignore the letter. We conducted two independent inquiries. Both inquiries were discrete and were done face to face with every student. The inquiry officers spoke to all women and concluded that the complaints were baseless,” said director of medical education A Edwin Joe.
However, when the CM’s cell received a similar letter, the directorate has constituted a committee to conduct a formal inquiry. “We have decided to make another round of inquiry just to ensure we haven’t missed anything in the first two,” he said.
Pushpa Narayan | TNN | Updated: May 1, 2018, 21:00 IST
100
CHENNAI: A three-member committee headed by Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital dean Dr R Jayanthi has been appointed to inquire into sexual harassment complaints against a few doctors in Kasturba General Hospital at Triplicane here.
The inquiry has been ordered based on anonymous written complaints received by the Directorate of Medical Education and CM’s cell, officials said.
In February, the Directorate of Medical Education received two anonymous letters about harassment in the Kasturba General Hospital. The letter alleged that a senior professor in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology had ordered her postgraduate students to dish out sexual favours to a male junior faculty member in the department of anaesthetics.
“Although it was anonymous, we did not want to ignore the letter. We conducted two independent inquiries. Both inquiries were discrete and were done face to face with every student. The inquiry officers spoke to all women and concluded that the complaints were baseless,” said director of medical education A Edwin Joe.
However, when the CM’s cell received a similar letter, the directorate has constituted a committee to conduct a formal inquiry. “We have decided to make another round of inquiry just to ensure we haven’t missed anything in the first two,” he said.
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