Members of the pro-Kannada outfit Kannada Raksha Vedike had allegedly attacked the student in the clinic and harassed her for not speaking in Kannada.
The Indian Medical Association in Karnataka called off the statewide doctors protest after Bengaluru city police arrested 12 members of a pro-Kannada group in connection with harassing a postgraduate student. Doctors across the state boycotted outpatient clinics and other non-emergency services beginning on Friday, demanding the arrest of members of the Kannada Raksha Vedike (KRV) who were part of a mob which had barged into the Minto Eye Hospital outpatient clinic in Bengaluru and harassed a female postgraduate student. “Since the accused were arrested, which was our demand, we have decided to call of the strike and all outpatient clinics and other hospital functions will continue as per usual from Saturday,” stated Dr Jyothi, a member of the Karnataka branch of the IMA. It all started on November 1 when a postgraduate student was mobbed by members of the KRV who claimed to be seeking justice on behalf of two patients who lost their eyesight following cataract surgery performed at Minto Eye Hospital (attached to Bangalore Medical College) in July. According to reports, the two patients approached the KRV group, who, in turn, reached the eye hospital. The mob which surrounded the doctor in the clinic began to question her. When she replied in English, they began to harass her for not speaking in Kannada. A complaint was registered with the VV Puram police Dr HS Satish, Dean of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, to which the hospital is affiliated. With the arrests having been made, the IMA has called off the strike and outpatient services in the state will resume functioning as per the norm. The strike being conducted by doctors on the premises of Victoria Hospital has also been called off. “It’s a morale boosting victory for the young doctors of Karnataka and IMA JDN that the culprits have been arrested. We congratulate all the IMA JDN and RDAs of Karnataka,” reads a statement issued by the IMA. Read: How this Bengaluru cop’s airtight case brought justice to Dell techie Payal Surekha
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