SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh govt on Wednesday terminated the services of Dr Raghav Nirula, a senior resident doctor in the department of pulmonary medicine at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, for assaulting a patient on Dec 22.The action was taken after a report by an inquiry committee set up the govt found his act as “unbecoming of a public servant”.
The termination order, issued by the director of medical education and research on Wednesday, said, “Both the patient and the senior resident, Dr Raghav Nirula, are responsible for the incident, which amounts to misconduct, misbehaviour, acts of commission, and unbecoming of a public servant, and violation of Resident Doctor Policy 2025.” The director sacked Dr Nirula under provisions of Clause-9 of the Resident Doctor Policy, 2025, with immediate effect. Earlier, a preliminary inquiry report submitted by a disciplinary inquiry committee of IGMC on Dec 22 revealed that a scuffle took place between Dr Nirula and a 36-year-old male patient, Arjun. He was suspended the same day. An FIR was also lodged by the patient’s attendants against Dr Nirula, which is under police investigation.
