Junior doctors beat up pharmacist for asking to maintain social distancing

Apparently annoyed after being asked to maintain social distancing by the Chief Pharmacist of the district hospital, junior resident doctors of the Bahraich Medical College allegedly assaulted him.

Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh): The junior resident doctors of Bahraich Medical College allegedly beat up the Chief Pharmacist of the district hospital and his subordinates when they asked the doctors to maintain social distancing.

Virendra Singh, the Chief Pharmacist of the district hospital, said that he was in his office on Tuesday when Dr Hashmat Ali, Dr Vindhyavasini and Dr Amit Kumar Shukla entered the room.

The pharmacist asked them to maintain social distancing. The doctors, apparently annoyed, left the room and later returned with a group of other resident doctors and assaulted him and his juniors.

He said pharmacist Dilip Kumar and worker Shakeel Ahmed rushed to save him.

As the news of attack on the chief pharmacist and his team spread, other staff of the district hospital boycotted work, and sat on a dharna demanding action against the junior doctors involved.

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Principal of the medical college Dr AK Sahni said, "There was a fight between the medical and the paramedical staff. A probe committee has been formed, and the team has been told to submit its report. Action will be initiated against those found guilty. Once, the probe report is submitted. Talks will be held with both the parties, and the issue will be resolved soon."

Meanwhile, police officials said that they had received a compliant and were investigating the matter.

(With inputs from IANS and PTI)