Updated: October 21, 2020 7:25:48 am
Aligarh Muslim University Jawaharlal Nehru College of Medicine
To a doctor from the Jawaharlal Nehru School of Medicine of the Muslim University of Aligarh, who earlier this month told The Indian Express that the FSL report in the case of the Hathras woman “has no value”, He asked him Tuesday “not to perform any more functions.”
Apart from Dr. Azeem Malik, another doctor, Obaid Haque, has also received a similar letter from the hospital. Dr. Haque had witnessed the medico-legal report of the woman’s case.
Citing the FSL report, Uttar Pradesh ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar had earlier said at a press conference that the 19-year-old Dalit woman was not raped.
Dr. Malik, however, told The Indian Express: “Samples for FSL were collected 11 days after the woman was raped, while government guidelines strictly say that forensic evidence can only be found up to 96 hours after the incident. This report cannot confirm the violation in this incident. “
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On Tuesday morning, Dr. Malik and Dr. Haque received letters signed by the CMO in charge, Dr. SAH Zaidi, which read: “We inform you that, as directed by the Honorable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Tariq Mansoor, By phone on 10/20/2020 at 11:14 am, his appointment to the position of Medical Officer, Emergencies and Trauma, JNMCH, is rejected with immediate effect. Therefore, you are asked not to perform any further functions. “
The AMU administration, when contacted, said: “The administration has not suspended any doctors related to the Hathras incident. Two months ago, there were vacancies because the existing OCMs were retired. Few of them were infected with Covid. There was an emergency and the two doctors, Dr. Malik and Dr. Haque, were only appointed to fill the ‘license vacancies’. Now that the CMOs are back, there are no license vacancies, therefore their services are not needed. “
Later in the evening, AMU management said: “We have come to know that the doctors are not happy with the decision. We are investigating your complaints and may be accommodated elsewhere in the hospital. “
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Shafey Kidwai, professor in the department of mass communication and member in charge of public relations at AMU, said: “The university has not suspended any doctors for giving an interview related to the Hathras incident to the media. The two doctors worked on vacant leave and their terms expired on October 8, but the doctors went to the hospital and signed some medico-legal cases. Therefore, if CMO recommends its extension, the university may consider it. “
Dr. Haque said: “I was last paid in August. They hired us because our elders weren’t well. That time, they told us to join in right away. I did my masters in surgery from AMU and graduated this year. I worked during the pandemic and risked my life and now they have fired us because Dr. Malik spoke to the media and they think I leaked information. I’m still not sure why they attack me. Three days ago, I learned that my appointment will be rejected. We still don’t have a written statement from the Vice Chancellor on this … It’s sad, we didn’t do anything wrong ”. The MLC witnessed by Dr. Haque, in his “provisional opinion”, had referred to “signs of use of force”.
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Dr. Malik, when contacted, also said that he was not given last month’s salary and was “scolded” by his superiors because he had given his “personal opinion” to the media.
“Before they scolded me but they did nothing. At the end of September, I submitted my extension request, but it was rejected a month later. They have fired us and they have not given us any reason, “he said.
VC Tariq and Chief Medical Superintendent Dr. Shahid Ali Siddiqui did not respond to calls and messages seeking comment. A senior doctor at the hospital said the two doctors will receive their salaries once the formalities are completed.
The Dalit woman, assaulted and allegedly raped by four upper caste men on September 14, was admitted to the AMU hospital for two weeks. She regained consciousness at the hospital on September 22 and recorded a statement saying that she had been raped. He died at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on September 29.
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