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Mumbai Hospital Probes Video of Nurses Rejecting Reformers’ Books Gifted by Retiring Officer

An internal inquiry is underway following a non-cognisable police case over the July 29 video’s circulation.

Prabodhankar Thackeray (born Keshav Sitaram Thackeray), died in 1973. He was a prolific writer and activist against superstitions and inequality.

Overview

  • The clip, recorded at BMC-run Kasturba Hospital, purportedly shows nurses objecting to books by Prabodhankar Thackeray and Dinkarrao Javalkar that a section officer gifted near his retirement.
  • The officer complained on September 19 that the video’s spread was defamatory, and Agripada police registered a non-cognisable offence, according to senior inspector Sanjay Nale.
  • Medical superintendent Chandrakant Pawar confirmed an inquiry by hospital authorities into the episode and the conduct surrounding the gifting.
  • Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders and some nurses dispute that any book was flung, saying staff refused the envelope and questioned the appropriateness of the material.
  • MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande condemned the perceived slight to Prabodhankar Thackeray, as the video—first shared in a nurses’ WhatsApp group—leaked and then went widely viral.