Karnataka doctor holds pre-wedding shoot inside govt hospital operation theatre, suspended
Karnataka government hospital conducted a pre-wedding shoot in the operation theatre of a government hospital. The video of the insensitive incident later went viral, following which he was suspended from the service.
In the video, the doctor could be seen performing a «surgery» on a patient, while his partner was assisting him. At the end of the video, the man who acted as a patient on whom the surgery was being performed was seen sitting up «post-operation». The video also showed people with cameras and lights present in the operation theatre for the pre-wedding shoot.
As per reports, the incident happened at Bharamasagar Government Hospital in Chitradurga district. It was later revealed that the doctor, identified as Dr Abhishek, was a contractual doctor at the hospital in Chitradurga.
The state Health department later suspnded the doctor.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said such indiscipline from doctors will not be tolerated.
«Government hospitals exist for the health care of the people and not for personal work. I cannot tolerate such indiscipline from doctors,» Gundu Rao said.
«All contract employees, including doctors and staff performing duties in the health department, should perform their duties as per the government service rules. I have already instructed the concerned doctors and all the staff to be careful so that such abuses do not happen in government hospitals,» Karnataka Health Minister said.
The Karnataka Minister urged the medical staff to focus on performing their
