The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) administration has terminated an assistant professor from service for allegedly misbehaving and manhandling a patient, a move which has drawn flak from the Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAIIMS)
On the basis of a complaint filed by the patient, an FIR was also lodged against the doctor who had joined the institute’s department of Medicine in May 2014 on probation.
According to a senior doctor at AIIMS, the assistant professor had allegedly misbehaved with and manhandled a patient in September last year, following which an enquiry committee was constituted under the head of the department SK Sharma. The committee submitted its report based on which the AIIMS administration took the decision on January 6 to terminate the doctor’s contract.
Terming the AIIMS administration’s decision as an extreme step, FAIIMS has called a general body meeting on Monday to discuss the issue.