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Surat doctor found dead in hostel, four seniors suspended
First-year resident doctor Harsh Pandya, 26, was found dead in his hostel room at Surat's New Civil Hospital on Sunday morning. He had joined the Microbiology Department in February and was due…
The Story in Brief
First-year resident doctor Harsh Pandya, 26, was found dead in his hostel room at Surat's New Civil Hospital on Sunday morning. He had joined the Microbiology Department in February and was due for emergency duty. When he did not report, colleagues broke into his locked room. No suicide note was found.
The health department suspended four senior residents for alleged harassment and ordered an inquiry into ragging or workplace pressure. Health Minister Pran Pansheriya says a committee headed by the hospital dean will record statements and submit findings. The body has undergone post-mortem.
The Indian Opinion
This case reopens the raw wound of ragging in medical colleges. The health minister's quick suspension of four seniors suggests the administration expects a harassment angle. But public anger alone is not evidence. The real test will be the forensic report and the committee's statement recordings. Was it coercion, workplace pressure, or something else? The family and the medical fraternity deserve an answer based on facts, not assumptions.
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