By TCN News
Resident Doctor’s Association of AIIMS Delhi has written a letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Harsh Vardhan expressing their disappointment against the inaction of authorities over caste and gender based harassment of a resident doctor by faculty at Delhi.
The letter states that a serious event of caste and gender based discrimination of a Senior Resident of CDER at New Delhi AIIMS has been continuously ignored by the institute despite repeated appeals to the Department, Director and Administration of the center. The resident had also written to Women’s Grievance Cell and SC-ST Welfare Cell at New Delhi AIIMS but no appropriate action has been taken. Desperate for help, she also wrote to the National SC-ST Commission but to no avail.
In the light of the above, the letter appeals the administration to extend their support and make sure something similar does not happen again. The President of Resident Doctor’s Association, Dr Adarsh P Singh, along with Vice Presidents and governing body have expressed that the matter coming from the country’s top medical institute during a global pandemic has become a “serious blot and the inaction of authorities has furthered the resident’s extreme decision inflicting self harm.”
In this regard, the President of Resident Doctor’s Association has appealed the Ministry to “expedite this process of inquiry and resultant action” so that justice can prevail.