The Delhi Government has sought suspension of the casualty medical officer of the Chacha Nehru Hospital and disciplinary action against its director over “grave negligence” and refusal to treat a minor who had been raped in Tagore Public School, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said. The Health Minister said that he has also written to lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal for action against the Medical Superintendent (MS) of Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital in North-West Delhi.
A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a peon inside the premises of Tagore Public School in Shahdara in East Delhi on Saturday, according to police.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the city Government has written to lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal in this connection. “Delhi Government recommended suspension of the casualty medical officer of the Chacha Nehru Super Speciality Hospital and disciplinary action against its director,” he told reporters.
Jain said he has also directed the Director General Health Services (DGHS) to inquire into the incident. The preliminary report with the aforementioned recommendations was submitted on Monday, he said.
“The casualty medical officer did not follow the laid down norms or protocols pertaining to a rape victim,” Jain alleged. The victim should have been treated in the hospital itself and should not have been referred to lok Nayak Hospital, the Health Minister said.
However, doctors at lok Nayak Hospital treated the victim well and she was discharged the next morning, the Minister added.
“Even while referring, a Centalised Accidents and Trauma Services (CATS) ambulance should have been used and a woman doctor or an attendant should have accompanied the victim. “There was grave negligence on the part of the casualty medical officer and the director,” he said.
Delhi Police has arrested the accused Vikas on the charges of raping the five-year-old girl, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shahdara, Nupur Prasad said. The incident came to light a day after a seven-year-old boy’s throat was slit allegedly by a bus conductor of a Gurugram school for allegedly resisting sexual assault — an incident that sent shock waves across the country.
In another development, the Delhi Government has sought removal of the Dr Surender Pal, the MS of Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial hospital after a senior female doctor accused the MS of sexual harassment.
Jain said that the Government had written to lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal for initiating an action in the case. The woman, a senior medical officer at the Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital in Northwest Delhi, had approached police on Friday. The Government has recommended that the MS be removed.
“The MS acted against” the CCS (Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules. According to the complainant, the senior doctor used to call her inside his room and have vulgar conversations. He also tried to touch her inappropriately”, the Health Minister said.
A case was registered against the accused MS on Friday, police said on Sunday, adding that he is on the run. The woman, however, video-graphed the act and submitted the same to police as a proof to her claims, police said.