Overview
- Dr. Raghav Narula and the patient identified as Arjun Singh/Panwar apologised, shook hands and hugged at the Himachal Pradesh secretariat in a mediated meeting.
- Dr. Narula said both sides were at fault during the December 22 confrontation captured in viral videos from IGMC Shimla.
- Shimla’s superintendent of police noted a compromise has been reached but said police have not yet received a formal copy, after an FIR was earlier filed against the doctor.
- Doctors had launched an indefinite strike that disrupted services and later called it off after the chief minister assured a review and formed a committee to examine the termination.
- The state government dismissed Dr. Narula on December 24 for misconduct, and a probe committee reported blame on both sides, with reports differing on whether the patient’s surname is Singh or Panwar.