AIIMS doctors go on strike, nurses seek justice

A full-blown confrontation has erupted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), with the faculty members launching a strike to protest the removal of a senior cardiac surgeon from his post as head of department following a sexual harassment complaint.

- ASHISH SRIVASTAVA @ New Delhi

More than a hundred doctors are staging a sit-in at the Ramalingaswami Board Room, one of the main conference halls of the institute, demanding that the administration revoke the order removing Dr A K Bisoi as the head of the Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery department.

Dr Amarinder Singh Malhi, general secretary of the Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAIMS), said that the faculty would continue its protest until the decision is withdrawn. "We have the support of other staff associations, including the Officers' Association, Karamchari Union and the Unity of Allied Healthcare Professionals. We will stay here until the administration revokes the removal order of Dr Bisoi," he said.