The junior resident doctors of the B.J. Medical college in Ahmedabad have complained that senior resident doctors subjected to ragging in the campus.
The anti-ragging committee at the college has launched an investigation into the complaint.
Dr. Meenakshi Parikh, director of postgraduate diploma programmes and research at the medical college, informed the media on Wednesday that the anti-ragging committee had received complaints sent by the head of the orthopaedic department.
In the complaint, the junior resident doctors of the orthopaedic wing claimed that their seniors were intimidating, torturing them mentally and physically abusing them by beating them with shoes, belts and rubber bands, making them perform sit-ups and even slapping them.
The Director said, “In the complaint junior doctors have not made it clear when and where this has happened, but it seems it is likely to be happening in the hostel, Operation theatre, in the Orthopedic wing over a period of time.”
Dr. Parikh said in the afternoon the anti-ragging committee meeting has been summoned, and junior doctors, witnesses and senior doctors against whom the complaint has been made will be called for to record their statements. “If substance is found in the allegations, stern action will be taken against senior resident doctors,” he said.
“Responsible doctors can be suspended from the college for some time, or their admission can be terminated,” said the director.