Overview
- On Friday, June 19, the college Anti‑Ragging Committee ordered the suspension of six senior orthopaedic students after a multihour inquiry into complaints by 13 junior doctors.
- Punishments range from six months to two years of suspension, the students were ordered to vacate hostel rooms immediately, and they are barred from academic, clinical and research activities during their penalties.
- The juniors alleged physical and psychological harassment that included being forced into the 'murga' or rooster position, denied sleep and meals, prevented from leaving the trauma centre, not given lead aprons for X‑ray work, and pressured to spend money.
- Officials said the committee took written statements from juniors, seniors, faculty and support staff and reviewed documentary evidence in a prolonged hearing that state Health Minister Praful Pansheriya described as a rapid, zero‑tolerance response.
- The case follows a separate suspension at B J Medical College in Ahmedabad earlier this week and could lead to a police complaint, renewing wider scrutiny of student safety and institutional oversight in Gujarat medical colleges.