Doctor harasses nurse during night round, thrashed in morning

PANCHKULA: A doctor allegedly sexually harassed a staff nurse at General Hospital, Sector 6, and ended up receiving a sound beating and triggering a protest a few hours later.
The nurse posted at an isolation ward alleged the doctor from the psychiatric department came for a round in a drunken condition on Monday night. She alleged he tried to harass her and took her to an empty ward. The nurse raised the alarm, prompting others to rush to her rescue. The accused fled in his car.
On Tuesday morning, when he reached his office, staff nurses thrashed him and held a protest, leading to the arrival of cops from women police station. Inspector Wamida Hamid, station house officer (SHO), women police station, said, “We have registered a case under Section 354 of the IPC. The accused will be arrested soon.”
Haryana State Women Commission took note of the incident and a team went to the hospital.