Overview
- Health authorities terminated senior resident Raghav Narula with immediate effect under Clause 9 of the Resident Doctor Policy-2025.
- A government committee concluded both Arjun Singh and the doctor were responsible for the altercation, calling it misconduct and a breach of policy.
- An FIR filed by the patient’s attendants is under police investigation following the Dec. 22 incident in the pulmonary ward.
- The Resident Doctors' Association at IGMC threatened mass casual leave on Friday and a strike from Saturday if the termination is not revoked, with support from SAMDCOT and a call from FORDA for a transparent probe.
- Viral video footage showed the doctor striking the patient as the patient tried to kick, with disputed accounts over a pronoun-related exchange and claims by the doctor that the clip shows only a partial view; protests at the hospital were later calmed by police.