Doctors' body condemns 'harassment' of student
Mumbai, June 12 -- The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) at KEM Hospital on Thursday said the online campaign against final year MBBS student Dr Sejal Pawar - who has been booked in connection with remarks made during a live show hosted by comedian Pranit More - had crossed into "targeted harassment" and "person vilification".
In the show, Dr Pawar recounted conversations from anatomy training and spoke about male cadavers. The comments were deemed insensitive and disrespectful towards body donors. Dr Pawar later tendered an unconditional apology even as an online campaign against her gained traction.
Speaking to HT, Dr Amar Agame, chief advisor to KEM MARD, said the organisation decided to intervene after online discourse began linking Dr Pawar's caste identity to the controversy. "Equating caste with the incident is itself discriminatory and unacceptable," he said.
In the statement released on Thursday, the KEM MARD said the remarks by the student were inappropriate, did not reflect the values expected of medical professionals, and had understandably caused hurt and concern. While criticism of the remarks was legitimate, the subsequent online campaign had crossed into "targeted harassment" and "person vilification", the doctors' body said.
Repeated attempts to contact Dr Pawar did not yield any response....
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