MULTAN, Dec 24: Scores of Nishtar Hospital student nurses vandalised the office of a house officer and marched on city roads on Friday after a medical student allegedly slapped a student nurse during duty hours.
Dr Imran Khan Niazi, a post-graduate student of Nishtar Medical College, slapped Maria, a second year student of NMC’s Institute of Nursing, over some duty matter in Ward 12 on Friday morning.
After boycotting the classes, the student nurses protested against the doctor outside the office of Medical Superintendent Dr Zaffar Niazi.
A subsequent dialogue among hospital and nursing institute administration, representatives of Pakistan Medical Association and the protesters failed.
When the protesting nurses encircled the Ward 12, Dr Imran Niazi succeeded in escaping. The enraged nurses vandalised the office of house officer and then gathered outside the offices of hospital MS and NMC principal.
Later, they left the hospital premises and marched up to the residence of the prime minister in Multan.
Seeking disciplinary action against Dr Imran, the nurses wanted complainant Maria to slap the accused to settle the score.
They announced boycott of classes as well as their duties in various hospital wards which were already short of nurses.
Multan chapter PMA general secretary Dr Kshif Chishti said that accused doctor had only pushed the nurse away and did not slap her. He claimed the issue had been resolved after the doctor extended an apology.
A student nurse on the condition of anonymity said that doctors’ attitude towards the nursing staff was humiliating.
NMC Principal Dr Laiq Siddiqi said the protesters had announced to end their protest after the accused doctor’s apology but later pressed for disciplinary action.
He said an inquiry committee comprising senior doctors would be constituted on Monday with the consultation of student nurses.
He said that the student nurses had withdrawn their strike call and were performing their duties after their negotiations with him.
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