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UP Doctor Removed From Emergency Duty After Viral Dance Video in Hospital Room

Officials opened a departmental inquiry following public concern.

Overview

  • The hospital administration also vacated his government-provided accommodation and sent a detailed report to senior Uttar Pradesh health officials.
  • The clip shows the doctor dancing with his fiancée in a room on the upper floor of the Kandhla Community Health Centre in Shamli, which officials called unacceptable conduct.
  • Medical Officer Virendra Singh issued a notice seeking an explanation and said action followed when the response was deemed unsatisfactory.
  • The doctor, identified in reports as Dr Afkar/Waqar Siddiqui, was recently appointed on a two-year contract and posted to the emergency ward.
  • Public reaction was divided, with criticism over behavior in a government facility and defenses that the dance was harmless, and coverage referenced a prior similar incident in Hapur.