MIRPURKHAS: A group of nurses beat up a doctor at Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas on Monday alleging that he subjected them to sexual harassment.
Police were summoned to the hospital as the situation turned ugly and the paramedic staff had to intervene to rescue the injured doctor from the enraged group. Sobbing hysterically, a nurse claimed that the doctor in question had been sexually harassing her and others in the operation theatre for a week. The doctor however said he had only stopped the nurses from doing makeup in the operation theatre after which they attacked him.
The hospital administration constituted a three-member inquiry committee to probe the matter. In the aftermath of the incident, it came to light that the doctor had been accused of and subsequently found guilty of sexual harassment in the past as well. Hospital documents show that back in 2014 the doctor was accused of sexual harassment and upon investigation by the hospital authorities found guilty of engaging in inappropriate behaviour with a woman. He was then dismissed in a notification issued by the hospital chief secretary.
However, according to reports, he was able to stay on after exercising his influence. Minister of Health Dr Sikandar Mandhro, taking notice of the incident, said if found guilty the doctor would be given the strictest punishment.
