Finally, doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have got what they wanted; for one of their resident doctors Dr Shejoy P Joshua to join back
Finally, doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have got what they wanted; for one of their resident doctors Dr Shejoy P Joshua to join back.
More than 100 residents were protesting since Monday in order to get their colleague reinstated, who was charged and then exonerated of sexually abusing a seven-year-old boy who came to him for treatment.
The order was issued by the institute last evening. The decision came after a meeting with union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
"We are so happy that Shejoy is back. We hereby now call off our hunger strike as we have won. It's really a great moment for all of us," said Dr Debjyoti Karmakar, president, Resident Doctors Association (RDA), AIIMS.
Dr Shejoy P Joshua, a senior resident of the AIIMS neurosurgery department, faced allegations of molesting the, child who had undergone surgery in the institute for brain tumour. After the decision, he told MiD DAY he was extremely happy and emotional too.
"I can't believe this. For the last six months, I have been fighting to prove myself innocent, and finally I have proved it to all of them. I don't have words to describe this; it's been a tough journey. But, with the support of all the doctors, I will be joining the institute from tomorrow with pride," said Dr Shejoy.
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