Chandigarh, April 25: A day after a doctor slapped an HIV patient repeatedly at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), institute director Dr Jagat Ram called the incident “unfortunate” and said he’ll take up the matter with the UT health department.
Dr Puja Chauhan is a contractual employee appointed by the Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society (SACS) under the UT health department and is on deputation at the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) centre of the PGIMER.
Meanwhile, SACS project director Dr Vanita Gupta has constituted a committee to investigate the issue.
Dr Chauhan had allegedly slapped a 45-year-old labourer from Ambala repeatedly at the new OPD on Monday morning, over what the authorities later claimed was a misunderstanding.He was visiting the hospital with his visually impaired wife and 12-year-old son, who too are HIV positive. The patient said the doctor slapped him as she thought he was “making a gesture to mean she is mad”.
