Two days after a video of a physician assaulting a affected person at Shimla’s Indira Gandhi Medical School turned viral, a medical physique has terminated the senior resident physician following an inquiry into the incident.
The transfer comes after a video of Dr Raghav Narula, 31, allegedly assaulting a affected person on the Shimla hospital, triggering an outrage and protest from the sufferers.
The Directorate of Medical Schooling and Analysis (DMER), Himachal Pradesh, Dr Raghav Nirula was terminated from the submit of Senior Resident on the hospital’s Division of Pulmonary Medication following an inquiry into the incident.
“Inquiry Committee was constituted by the Govt. vide Order No. 118911 dated 23.12.2025 to investigate into all of the elements of the incidents and submit the very fact discovering report inside 72 hours…On the perusal of the inquiry report, it was discovered that each the events i.e. the affected person and the Senior Resident i.e. Dr. Raghav Nirula are chargeable for the incident which quantities to misconduct, misbehaviour, acts of fee and unbecoming of a public servant and the violation of Resident Physician Coverage 2025,” the DMER assertion mentioned.
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“In view of the above information, the undersigned do hereby terminates the providers of Dr. Raghav Nirula from the submit of Senior Resident, Division of Pulmonary Medication, IGMC Shimla beneath the provisions of the Clause-9 of Resident Physician Coverage, 2025 issued vide Notification No. 118911 dated 10.10.2025, with rapid impact,” it added.
The confrontation passed off on the pulmonary ward of the hospital on Monday, when the affected person, Arjun Singh, had come to the hospital for a bronchoscopy and felt breathless following the process.
The affected person alleged that the dispute began over the physician’s alternative of phrases. He claimed that he objected when the physician addressed him as “tu” as a substitute of “tum”, resulting in an altercation.
A viral video surfaced exhibiting Dr Raghav Narula punching Arjun Singh within the face, whereas Singh was seen making an attempt to kick the physician. The incident sparked a protest on the hospital, with the kin and different sufferers demanding the physician’s arrest.
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