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JAIPUR: Doctors at private hospitals in Rajasthan went on strike on Wednesday after a colleague in Dausa committed suicide, complaining of harassment after police registered a case of murder in connection with the death of a pregnant woman at her clinic. .
Government doctors also supported the protest by taking part in the protest march by doctors of private hospital from SMS Government Hospital in Jaipur’s Statue Circle. He told that a similar rally was also held in Dausa.
In a one-page suicide note, Archana Sharma said that her death may prove her innocence and appealed everyone to stop harassing innocent doctors.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot condemned the incident and said that the investigation is going on and those found guilty will not be spared.
The relatives of the pregnant woman alleged that she died at Sharma’s hospital on Monday due to her negligence and staged a protest with the dead body. Thereafter, the police registered an FIR against Sharma under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.
Sharma committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence above the private hospital on Tuesday.
“The incident of Dr. Archana Sharma’s suicide in Dausa is very sad. We give god status to all doctors. Doctors try their best to save the lives of their patients, but it is not fair to blame the doctor when the unfortunate incident happened. It is,” Gehlot said in a tweet in Hindi.
Meanwhile, state government’s Vipra Welfare Board chairman Mahesh Sharma alleged that local BJP leaders mentally tortured the doctor and also raised doubts about the role of the police. He also demanded the arrest of the accused involved in the case.
Private Hospital and Nursing Home Association (PHANA) secretary Dr Vijay Kapoor demanded that the guilty police officers should be suspended and an FIR should be registered against them under the Medical Professional Protection Act and abetment to suicide.
He also alleged that the murder case was registered without a fair investigation due to which the doctor committed suicide.
The Dausa police have already registered a case of abetment to suicide against a person named Ballia Joshi, who led the protest against Sharma on Monday.