A senior resident doctor at Thiruvananthapuram Govt Medical College Hospital (MCH) has been suspended after serious lapses were found in patient care in connection with an incident in which maggots were discovered in a patient’s post-surgical wound.Health minister K Muraleedharan ordered the suspension after reviewing the findings of an expert committee headed by MCH vice-principal, which submitted its report on Wednesday. Accordingly, senior resident Dr Abhijeet has been placed under suspension.Expressing dissatisfaction with the hospital’s preliminary inquiry, which the minister said appeared to justify the actions of healthcare personnel; he directed a comprehensive investigation into the matter. The expert committee subsequently found significant negligence in patient care and monitoring.