MP Police file FIR against Congress leaders for hurling abuses against government doctor

Bhopal, April 13: After Congress MLA PC Sharma and former corporator Guddu Chauhan reportedly abused and heckled a government doctor in the hospital’s premises while he was on duty, the Madhya Pradesh police on Monday registered a case against them.

 

 

The doctor, JP Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer Yogendra Shrivastava, had resigned from his post stating that he had done his best to save the patient, but was severely humiliated in front of the public with no fault of his. He had said in a video that went viral on social media that he will be not able to continue his job after getting abused this way in public. The case was filed on the basis of a written complaint by Shrivastava.

 

 

According to Habibganj police, an application in connection with the incident was received on the day of the incident and police filed the FIR against the Congress leaders under sections 353 and 189 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) after going through CCTV footage and speaking to eyewitnesses.

 

 

The incident had taken place on Saturday. According to the reports, around 12 pm, a 35-year old patient identified as Takhatsingh Sakhya of Kolar colony was rushed into the JP Hospital with critically low oxygen levels. He died in the emergency room at 2:54 pm.

 

 

His family alleged that Takhatsingh’s death was caused by negligence on the part of hospital authorities. Some of his family members had sought PC Sharma’s intervention. But according to Sharma, he reached the hospital premises only to find Takhatsingh dead. It was then that both the Congress leaders got into a heated argument with Shrivastava, scolding him for not answering their calls.