IMA membership suspended of ex-RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh

New Delhi: In the midst of a CBI investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at the Kolkata-based RG Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) suspended the membership of former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh on Wednesday.

The disciplinary committee of the association decided to suspend Ghosh's IMA membership. He serves as the vice president of the association's Kolkata branch.

In an order, the Indian Medical Association said the committee constituted by IMA national president Dr R V Asokan on Wednesday suo-motu considered the rape and murder case of the postgraduate resident doctor and the subsequent developments at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The IMA general secretary along with Asokan had met the victim's parents at their home, it said.

"They had put up their grievances against you (Ghosh) in dealing with the situation as well as lack of empathy and sensitivity in handling the issue in appropriate manner befitting the responsibility held by you in your dealings with them," the order said.

"The IMA Bengal state branch as well as certain associations' of doctors also have demanded action citing the nature of disrepute brought by you to the profession on the whole," it said.

The order said the disciplinary committee of the IMA has "unanimously decided to suspend you forthwith from the membership of Indian Medical Association.

With PTI inputs