By A doctor at Aligarh Muslim University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical school, United Nations agency had earlier this month told The Indian specific that the FSL report within the Hathras woman’s case “holds no value”, was asked weekday “not to perform any more duties”.
Apart from Dr Azeem leader, another doctor, Obaid Haque, has additionally been issued an analogous letter by the hospital. Dr Haque had echt the woman’s medico-legal case report.
Citing the FSL report, Uttar Pradesh ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar had earlier told a group discussion that the 19-year-old Dalit girl wasn’t raped.
Dr leader had, however, told The Indian Express: “The samples for FSL were collected eleven days when the girl was raped, whereas the govt tips strictly say rhetorical proof will solely be found up to ninety six hours when the incident. This report can’t make sure rape during this incident.”
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On weekday morning, Dr leader and Dr Haque received letters signed by the CMO in-charge Dr SAH Zaidi that stated: “This is to tell you that as directed by the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Tariq Mansoor via phonephone on twenty.10.2020 at 11:14 am, your appointment on the post of medical practitioner, Emergency & Trauma, JNMCH, is rejected with immediate result. Therefore, you’re requested to not perform any more duties.”
The AMU administration, once contacted, said: “The administration has not suspended any doctor associated with Hathras incident. 2 months back, there have been vacancies as a result of existing CMOs took leave. Few of them were infected with Covid. There was associate emergency and therefore the 2 doctors — Dr leader and Dr Haque — were solely appointed to fill the ‘leave vacancies’. currently that the CMOs are back, there aren’t any leave vacancies, thus their services don’t seem to be needed.”
Later within the evening, the AMU administration said: “It has return to our notice that the doctors aren’t proud of the choice. we have a tendency to ar trying into their grievances and that they may be adjusted in different places within the hospital.”
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Shafey Kidwai, faculty member at the department of mass communication and member in-charge of promotional material at AMU, said: “The university has not suspended any doctor for giving interview associated with the Hathras incident to the media. the 2 doctors worked inactive vacancy and their terms invalid on October eight, however the doctors attended the hospital and signed on some medico-legal cases. Hence, if CMO recommends their extension, the university could think about it.”
Dr Haque said: “I was last paid in August. we have a tendency to were employed as a result of our seniors weren’t well. That time, we have a tendency to were told to hitch in real time. I did my Master’s in surgery from AMU and graduated this year. I worked throughout the pandemic and risked my life and currently they need terminated North American country as a result of Dr leader spoke to the media and that they suppose that I leaked info. i’m still unsure why i’m being targeted. 3 days past, I came to grasp that my appointment are rejected. we have a tendency to still don’t have a written statement from the Vice-Chancellor regarding this… this can be unhappy, we have a tendency to didn’t do something wrong.” The MLC echt by Dr Haque had, beneath “provisional opinion”, cited “signs of use of force”.
Dr Malik, once contacted, additionally aforementioned he wasn’t given last month’s regular payment and was “scolded” by his seniors as a result of he had given his “personal opinion” to the media.
“Earlier i used to be scolded however they didn’t do something. Late in Gregorian calendar month, I had filed my application for associate extension, however they need rejected it a month later. we’ve been terminated and that they haven’t given North American country any reason,” he said.
V-C Tariq and chief medical superintendent Dr Shahid Ali Siddiqui didn’t answer calls and messages seeking comment. A senior doctor at the hospital aforementioned the 2 doctors can get their salaries once formalities ar completed.
The Dalit girl, ill-treated and allegedly raped by four higher caste men on Gregorian calendar month fourteen, was admitted to the AMU hospital for 2 weeks. She regained consciousness at the hospital on Gregorian calendar month twenty two, and recorded a press release expression she had been raped. She died at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on Michaelmas Day.
