Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 31
The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA), a national body of resident doctors, has written to the PGI Director regarding an act of "ragging" and "mental harassment", which allegedly took place at the institute and forced a first year neurosurgeon resident to resign. The association has also flagged the issue with the Union Health Minister and the anti-ragging committee of the PGI.
Association president Dr Partha Bohra stated, "A heinous act of ragging and mental torture was reported to us by a MCh neurosurgery resident at the PGI, Chandigarh. The resident joined the course this year and alleged that his senior had been harassing, mentally torturing and humiliating him on the basis of region and used derogatory language for him. Crumbling under inhumane working conditions and ongoing mental torture, he has tendered his resignation. We strongly condemn the treatment meted out to him. We demand a fair inquiry into the matter and exemplary punishment to the culprits."
An official statement of the PGI read, "No such issue of harassment was flagged at the time of resignation. The issues have surfaced only after the resident doctor left the institute. The institute has taken a serious view on this and a committee will be constituted to conduct a detailed inquiry into the case and bring the facts to light."
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