A resident doctor at Ahmedabad’s Sola Civil Hospital has landed at the center of controversy after a late-night altercation with a patient’s family went viral, prompting Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya to order a high-level inquiry. The minister has assured strict disciplinary action if any misconduct is established.
The incident unfolded around 9 pm on Sunday when Ajay Chavda brought his niece suffering from fever and breathing difficulties to the paediatric ward of the state-run hospital. Tensions rose soon after, with a video of the confrontation circulating widely across social media platforms. The footage purportedly shows a female paediatric resident doctor refusing to attend to the child and behaving rudely with the family members.
According to Chavda, there was no doctor present initially. When the resident arrived, she objected to a thermometer being placed over the child’s T-shirt. Chavda claimed she responded sharply, asking, “It’s your daughter; don’t you know where to place it?” When he urged her to speak politely, she allegedly retorted, “This is how my voice is.” The exchange escalated as Chavda began recording the incident; he alleges that the doctor struck his phone, injuring his hand, and punched his brother in the stomach.