The health department of the Delhi government has issued a show-cause notice to the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital authorities asking to “terminate” the services of a senior resident doctor, days after the death of an injured man, who was allegedly denied admission at four different hospitals.
Pramod, 47, who was arrested after a 21-year-old woman alleged that he had molested her in an inebriated state, died of the injuries he suffered after jumping out of a moving police van on January 3, a senior officer said.
He was allegedly denied admission by four government hospitals, including three Delhi government-run facilities, due to the unavailability of beds or equipment, a senior officer had said earlier. The show-cause notice issued recently mentions news reports on the alleged incident published on January 4.
The notice said “the entire episode shows lack of empathy and professionalism among the medical officers ... as well as lack of supervision on the part of the concerned medical director”.
“Now, therefore, the medical director, GTBH is hereby directed to immediately
terminate the services of Dr Amit (on-duty senior resident neurosurgeon on January 3).
“Further, Dr Asmita M Rathore, medical director, GTBH, is also directed to explain the reason for the above lapse on her part within three days of receiving this SCN, failing which action as deemed fit shall be initiated against her,” it added.