MIRPURKHAS: A doctor was severely beaten up by some nurses and their supporters at the Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital on Monday over his alleged act of sexual harassment.

According to some hospital employees, patients and visitors, several emotionally charged nurses along with their acquaintances grabbed the doctor, an anaesthetist, and started beating him up in the operating theatre.

Onlookers said the doctor suffered injuries during the long episode which ended only when some hospital staffers intervened to rescue him.

It was learnt that the doctor had been transferred to Karachi some time ago to facilitate an inquiry into a sexual harassment complaint lodged against him by a staff nurse. However, the doctor somehow got himself reposted at the hospital.

The inquiry was ordered by Civil Surgeon Dr Iqbal Bhurgari and assigned to a three-member committee comprising Dr Saeed Arain, Dr Jhamandas and Ms Maqboola. Its report is awaited.

Meanwhile, Dr Bhurgari called out the police to bring the situation at the hospital under control during the thrashing episode. A team of the Town police station recorded the statement of the doctor and some other employees.

Published in Dawn, February 20th, 2018