Resident docs want HoD out till inquiry is over

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK

06.01.2022

Ahmedabad: The resident doctors at B J Medical College and Civil Hospital have demanded from college authority that the head of the department for ENT, Dr Ila Upadhyay be removed from the post till her name is cleared in an ongoing inquiry.

A three-member committee has been set up by the college to probe a complaint where the students have alleged that they are subjected harassment by Dr Upadhyay.

The Junior Doctors’ Association (JDA) at B J Medical College have complained to the faculty dean, Gujarat University that Dr Upadhyay had even asked one of her students to gift her a micro-meter drill set. “In the wake of the ongoing inquiry by a committee, Dr Upadhyay should be temporarily removed from the post as it would lead to a conflict of interest. We have made representation to the college authority in this regard,” said a member of JDA.

“We have never experienced such an environment where criticism is constant and we are seeing a highly efficient workplace turn into less efficient and it is discouraging and disheartening to see, feel and work,” according to a letter written to the college authority and signed by the ENT department students.