Action against resident doctor unfair, says KMPGA

‘Only some parts of conversation circulated in social media’

The Kerala Medical Post Graduate Association (KMPGA) has condemned the suspension of a resident doctor at the Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, on the charge of misbehaving with the caregivers of a patient some days ago.

The action was taken against resident doctor Anantha Krishnan after a video of him went viral on the social media on Sunday. KMPGA president Mithun Mohan, convener Amal and secretary Ajil Antony said that no inquiry had been conducted before suspending him. The incident that happened at the casualty ward of one of the busiest medical college hospitals in the State highlighted the daily plight of resident doctors, they said.

They claimed that the staff at the X-ray section returned a patient after some mistakes were noticed in the prescription given by a doctor at the orthopaedic casualty section on January 29. Instead of suggesting X-ray examination of the leg and hand of the patient, the doctor had prescribed that his hand be examined twice. Both the patient and his caregiver were provoked after they had to return to the casualty after waiting for long at the X-ray section.