In a shocking incident, a doctor in Jharkhand¡¯s government hospital in Ghatsila district will be sacked, as he prescribed a condom to a 55-year-old woman who was suffering from stomach pain in July this year.?
The dismissal order against Dr Ashraf Badr came after a three-member probe committee formed by the East Singhbhum¡¯s deputy commissioner (DC) confirmed the charges against him in its report.?
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Dr Badr was on a one-year contract. ¡°The order to dismiss accused Dr Ashraf Badr has come from the state health department. We will put it in the meeting of the district health society as soon as the DC returns to the city,¡± East Singhbhum¡¯s civil surgeon Dr Maheshwar Prasad told Hindustan Times.
The woman had alleged in her complaint that Dr Badr had prescribed ¡®Condom Nirodh¡¯ for stomach pain on July 23 and asked her to visit the pharmacy when she consulted him at the hospital.
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According to the Hindustan Times, Dr Badr has been charged with misconduct in the past and was once dismissed as well. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislature from Baheragora Kunal Sarangi, who had raised an issue in the state assembly on July 26, welcomed the government¡¯s decision.?
Dr Bhadr, however, said that it will challenge the decision in the High Court.?