Sonepat: Ruckus at Civil Hospital as employee alleges slapping by doctor

Ruckus was witnessed at the Civil Hospital here today after a class IV employee in the X-Ray Department alleged that a female Deputy Civil Surgeon had slapped him.

Following this, all class IV employees left their work and came out of the hospital. Meanwhile, the police reached the hospital premises after getting information about the incident.

As the class IV employees came out of the hospital, the OPD and X-Ray department were shut due to which patients and their attendants had to face a lot of inconvenience.

Deepak, a class IV employee, said he was working in Room No. 61 when Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Asha Sehrawat, along with a staff nurse, reached there. He alleged that they started abusing him and misbehaved with him. At this, he started making their videos on his mobile phone, he added.

Both the doctor and the nurse tried to snatch his mobile phone, but he started opposing them and they started thrashing him. He further alleged that the doctor also slapped him.

He further said that the doctor beat him in the presence of patients and some staff members.

Meanwhile, Dr Asha refuted the slapping allegation. I went to the Civil Surgeon's office only for routine inspection as the employee was not on duty on Wednesday. As I asked him about his absence yesterday from duty, he started making videos and misbehaving with us, she said.

A complaint against him has been given in the police station, she added.

Dr Jayant Ahuja, Civil Surgeon, said the incident was unfortunate.

Both have given their complaints to the Civil Surgeon office and an inquiry has been ordered into the incident, she said.

Dr Asha is posted in the Civil Surgeon's office and holding charge in the Haryana Kaushal Rojgar Nigam (HKRN), he added.

Meanwhile, sources said there was an old tussle between the doctor and class IV employees from the CHC Kharkhoda.