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Services are momentary so there isn’t a query of termination or suspension, says University spokesperson
Two doctors of Aligarh Muslim University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JNMCH) alleged on Tuesday that their companies had been terminated as a result of they “unofficially” gave statements to the media on the Hathras homicide and alleged gang-rape case.
AMU officers mentioned that it was a “routine affair” and had nothing to do with the Hathras case.
Dr. Mohammad Azimuddin Malik mentioned his and his colleague Dr. Obaid Imtiyazul Haque’s companies as Casualty Medical Officers (CMO) have been terminated by Vice-Chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor on Tuesday.
The letter signed by CMO In-Charge Dr. S.A.H Zaidi mentioned the Vice-Chancellor had rejected their appointment to the submit of Medical Officer-Emergency and Trauma with quick impact.
“We understand that ours is a temporary job against leave vacancy, which is renewed every month. My month ended on October 10. Since then, I have been made to understand by seniors that I am supposed to continue. I have been signing on medico-legal cases. If I have been removed with immediate effect, who is going to appear in the cases of the last 10 days?” Dr. Malik requested.
He additional mentioned that after his opinion on a forensic lab report was printed, he was requested to give a written rationalization. “I refused to give any statement [to the media] but when the journalist asked my personal opinion I told her that chances of getting an important finding is more if the sample is collected within four days of the incident than when its collected after 11 days,” he mentioned in the letter.
Dr. Malik alleged that he and Dr. Haque have been being focused as a result of each of them had spoken to the media. He mentioned that he had learnt their In-Charge had been referred to as and reprimanded by the V-C.
He additional mentioned the newspaper had wrongly talked about his designation as Chief Medical Officer. “There is no such post in the JNMCH. There are 11 Casualty Medical Officers and there is one In- Charge,” mentioned Dr. Malik, who has specialised in Ophthalmology this 12 months.
Shafey Kidwai, University spokesperson, mentioned the V-C was reconsidering the choice, and if the CMO In-Charge requested for an extension of their companies, it could be thought of. “It is a routine affair. Their services are temporary so there is no question of termination or suspension. They were appointed when the cases of COVID-19 were increasing, against leave vacancy. Now that the pressure has eased and some of the regular doctors have resumed duties, their services might not be required. It has nothing to do with the Hathras probe,” mentioned Professor Kidwai.
Sources mentioned the college’s choice to rethink appeared to be an afterthought due to the medico-legal instances as the rejection from the V-C might solely come after the In-Charge had authorised of their companies for the month.
Dr. Hamza Malik, president of the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA), demanded that the doctors needs to be “reinstated within 24 hours”, or else the RDA would take a “big decision”. “We have been assured over the phone that they will be reinstated, but we will not relent until we get it in writing,” he mentioned.
In a associated improvement, a Central Bureau of Investigation workforce quizzed the JNMCH doctors who handled the sufferer on Monday. Later, they questioned the 4 accused in the Hathras case at Aligarh Jail on Monday. A senior police official mentioned that one among the accused had claimed to be minor on the foundation of his highschool marksheet.
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