Doctor accuses superior at Delhi govt hospital of ‘sexual harassment’; sparks political tussle

Following the woman’s ailment to the wellness secretary, the wellness minister’s bureau sought much accusation from the hospital, including details from the ICC that probed the matter. Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, successful a announcement issued to infirmary officials, besides stated his tendency to springiness a proceeding to the complainant.

In her complaint, a transcript of which was presented earlier the wellness minister, the doc alleged she was forced to petition a transportation owed to persistent and distressing harassment from the MS. “His predatory behaviour was relentless. He would stalk her during her greeting walks, making her consciousness unsafe successful her idiosyncratic space,” the ICC ailment details mentioned.

The Indian Express reached retired to the aesculapian superintendent, but helium remained unavailable for comment.

The complainant alleged helium repeatedly pressured her to travel him to places unrelated to her nonrecreational duties, including unofficial trips and outstation visits, utilizing the lure of promotions and vocation advancement to manipulate her compliance. On 1 occasion, helium coerced her into attending a societal gathering of aesculapian superintendents astatine a backstage club, she alleged.

According to the ailment details, “his harassment escalated erstwhile helium demanded that she sojourn him astatine a backstage infirmary wherever helium was admitted”. The doc alleged contempt her ceremonial petition for a transfer, the superintendent “deliberately withheld enactment connected the application, keeping it pending for implicit 3 months”.

Further, she claimed her ceremonial ailment to Health Secretary, S B Deepak Kumar, was referred to ICC. However, the accused repeatedly avoided engaging with the process till helium was legally summoned, she alleged.

When the ICC upheld the doctor’s complaint, she was allegedly transferred to an unfavourable determination and stripped of her station arsenic caput of department, and replaced by a junior. The complainant doc besides claimed her attempts to conscionable the wellness caput did not succeed.

Hitting retired astatine the L-G, MP Singh said, “Officials nether BJP’s L-G launched an probe against the doc who accused her MS of intersexual harassment. No enactment was taken against the MS adjacent aft charges were proved successful the ICC. The wellness section transferred the pistillate doctor. Has BJP fixed L-G authorization for transfers, postings, and actions conscionable to support those who sexually harass women?”

Likening the harassment contented to the R G Kar Hospital case, L-G Secretariat officials said the AAP MP was “implicating his ain person Arvind Kejriwal and existent Delhi CM Atishi” done specified statements. They added the section had moved to displacement retired the MS successful November 2023 but the connection has been pending with the National Capital Civil Services Authority nether the CM from December 2023.

“The woman doc was transferred to her spot of prime aft treatment with her and ICC recommendations. Now to blasted that she has been transferred vindictively is absurd”.