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- | Photo Credit: PTI The Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) terminated the services of a senior resident doctor, who was involved in a physical altercation with a patient at the Indira Gandhi Medical College here, after “misconduct”, “misbehaviour” and “acts unbecoming of a public servant’ were found on his part, officials said.
- A report submitted by a committee formed to investigate the incident that took place on Monday found both parties at fault — Arjun Singh, the patient who teaches in a private academy in Shimla, and Raghav Narula, the senior resident doctor.
- “Both the patient and the senior resident doctor were responsible for the incident, which amounted to misconduct, misbehaviour, acts unbecoming of a public servant, and violation of the Resident Doctor Policy-2025,” an order issued on Wednesday evening by the director of medical education and research said.
- In view of the above facts, the services of Dr.
- Raghav Narula, senior resident in the department of pulmonary medicine, IGMC Shimla, have been terminated under the provisions of Clause 9 of the Resident Doctor Policy-2025 with immediate effect, the order said.
