Mumbai: Days after staff and doctors at the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation's (KDMC) Shastrinagar Hospital were allegedly assaulted by a Shiv Sena corporator, a 26-year-old resident medical officer (RMO) has submitted his resignation, saying he does not want to return to the hospital.
According to The Indian Express, the 26-year-old doctor and several other hospital staff members submitted their resignations on Tuesday after they were allegedly attacked by Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and his associates.
Doctor cites fear after assault
Explaining his decision, the doctor said he has been living in fear since the alleged assault and has been constantly changing his location after receiving threatening calls and messages from unknown individuals.
The young doctor has reportedly not returned to work since the incident. Reports further stated that he has not informed his mother, a school teacher and his single parent, about the alleged assault.
Speaking to the reporters, he said, "My mother is a school teacher. She is a single parent, and I'm her only child. I don't have the courage to tell her what happened. I cannot imagine what she will go through if she knows. Right now, I'm just trying to survive."
According to the FIR registered at Vishnunagar Police Station, the doctor is a native of Washim district. He completed his BAMS degree and had been working as an RMO at KDMC's Shastrinagar Hospital for nearly five months.
Attack leaves doctors traumatised
Meanwhile, another doctor who was allegedly assaulted during the incident, Dr Shrushti Baviskar, has also expressed concern, saying the attack left her deeply traumatised.
According to the Times of India reports, Dr Baviskar had joined the civic hospital just a month ago. The incident, which occurred during her first job as a doctor, has reportedly shaken her confidence.
Speaking to the Free Press Journal reporter, her father, Mahendra Baviskar, said the assault on doctors and hospital staff was not correct and that action against the accused should be taken.
Upon asking how is her daughter is now, he said, " My daughter, who is a gynaecologist, is completely depressed after the situation. During the entire altercation, she was trying to bring the situation under control and was trying to reach out to her seniors on a call when the corporator Ramesh Mathre hit her on her hand and started hurling abuses at her."
"Currently, she is mentally depressed and scared to come to the hospital; she thinks that if she comes to the hospital, she will be attacked again; therefore she is not ready to come to the hospital", he added.
Meanwhile, the hospital staff is on strike demanding justice after the alleged assault, and even the operations at the hospital have not yet resumed.
Moreover, NCP SP MLA Rohit Pawar who visited the hospital and spoke to the doctors. Speaking to the media, he said, "Ramesh Mathre has committed a crime that is non-bailable and that his corporatership should be taken away."
According to the Hospital's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Sadiya Pinjari, who spoke to Free Press Journal, said that the attack followed after a patient, who was nine months pregnant, and doctors found that two loops of the umbilical cord were around the foetus, following which they planned a lower segment caesarean section (LSCS).
She further said that following the diagnosis, the newborn might require admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after delivery. However, since the hospital's NICU was full, the medical team began making alternative arrangements for the baby.
"However, the patient's relatives allegedly contacted Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who, along with several others, reportedly entered the hospital and confronted the medical staff. During the altercation, the corporator and the patient's relatives allegedly assaulted a nurse, a female doctor and a visiting gynaecologist. After this incident, I have requested my seniors to provide my team and me with 24/7 protection until then; operations will not resume at the hospital", she added.
Following the incident, Mhatre and three others were arrested. The other accused have been identified as Akshay Karande, Ramesh Pawar and Shailesh Nikam, who were arrested on Wednesday.
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