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Bhopal: Congress MLA, former corporator booked for threatening, heckling physician in govt hospital

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In Madhya Pradesh, the Habibganj (Bhopal) police on Monday registered a case in opposition to Congress MLA PC Sharma and former corporator Guddu Chauhan, after they had been seen heckling and humiliating a authorities physician on obligation. The total episode was caught on digicam which had gone viral on social media very quickly.
As per an Indian Express report, JP Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer Yogendra Shrivastav who was heckled by the Congress leaders had filed a written criticism on the Habibganj police station on the day of the incident. The officers after going by means of CCTV footage and talking to the eyewitnesses filed an FIR in opposition to the Congress leaders beneath IPC sections 353 (assault of public servant on obligation) and 189 (menace of damage to public servant).
Senior physician Yogendra Shrivastava had instantly tendered his resignation after being humiliated by the politicians regardless of making all attainable makes an attempt to save lots of and serve the Covid-19 sufferers. 
What led to the incident
The Congress chief alongside together with his get together employees had barged into the JP hospital after the demise of a 35-year previous affected person recognized as Takhatsingh Sakhya of Kolar colony.
As per experiences, Takhatsingh Sakhya was delivered to the hospital in a crucial situation with an SPO2 degree under 30%. The affected person couldn’t be admitted because of the scarcity of ICU beds however was instantly supplied major remedy. The kinfolk of the affected person had been apprised of his situation and had been additionally knowledgeable a couple of scarcity of beds within the facility.
However, the affected person couldn’t be saved and died within the emergency room of the hospital. His household alleged that Takhatsingh’s loss of life was attributable to negligence on the a part of the hospital authorities and sought PC Sharma’s intervention.
Aftermath of the incident
Taking cognizance of the matter, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted condemning the shameful act caught within the video. He mentioned in a tweet, “Today, the way some people treated the doctors and the staff …is very shameful. No person has any right to mistreat our doctors.”
आज भोपाल के जेपी अस्पताल में जिस प्रकार कुछ लोगों ने डॉक्टर्स और वहाँ मौजूद स्टाफ के साथ अभद्र व्यवहार किया, हंगामा खड़ा किया, वह बेहद शर्मनाक है। किसी भी व्यक्ति को हमारे डॉक्टर्स के साथ दुर्व्यवहार करने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है।— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) April 10, 2021
In one other video shared by a social media consumer, senior physician Yongendra Shrivastav was seen narrating the incident and informing that he not needs to serve after being threatened and humiliated by the politicians. Fearing the repercussions, the physician mentioned that tomorrow the medical doctors and the employees might be attacked bodily for incidences that aren’t of their management. 
Congress MLA PC Sharma justifies his motion
In an announcement given to New Indian Express, Congress MLA PC Sharma mentioned, “A supporter of mine spoke loudly to the doctor following which I apologized to him. A patient of my constituency died this afternoon. In such circumstances won’t a sensitive person get angry? A poor patient is being asked to go to a private hospital, nobody is talking about this.”
 “The doctor did not talk to me in the morning when the family of the critical patient was trying to get him to talk to me over the phone. Instead, the doctor told them to take the patient to a private hospital,” he alleged.