Doc accused of misbehaviour by female senior missing for over 24 hrs

Doc accused of misbehaviour by female senior missing for over 24 hrs

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 15.09.2024 

Indore : There is still no trace of first-year PG resident Dr Hemant Girwal, who went missing on Friday afternoon after appearing before a committee that probed allegations levelled against him by a senior female doctor at Indore’s MY Hospital. Junior doctors staged a noisy protest on Saturday, demanding action against the senior doctor if her allegations turned out to be false. 

During the protest, a group of junior doctors created a ruckus outside an operation theatre and got into a heated argument with some senior doctors. Scuffles broke out. “Around 25 junior doctors of the orthopaedics department remained absent from duty today. Their protest outside the OT halted planned surgeries for about two hours,” MYH superintendent Dr Ashok Yadav said. Later, the protesting raised slogans against the fema le doctor, who had accused Dr Girwal of misbehaving with her. 

According to JDA chief Harendra Pratap Singh Tomar, the allegations led to severe mental distress for Girwal. After the MYH superintendent wrote to Sanyogitaganj police, a case was registered on Friday night. “We have contacted Dr Girwal’s wife, who is posted in Rewa, and his father, who lives in their native place in Dhar. They are unaware of his whereabouts. His mobile phone is still switched off. Our search is on,” ACP Tushar Singh said.