Suspended for filming colleagues bathing, Mumbai doctor gets back job, hospital blames ‘misinterpretation’ of court order

The reinstatement of a doctor by administration of Cooper hospital has created a stir in the campus. Dr Yogendra Jaiswar, 29, was suspended from his duties over allegations of filming his two colleagues while they were having a bath. The inquiry in the case is still underway. 

However, after facing a backlash, Cooper administration has now admitted that the reinstatement of Dr. Jaiswar was wrong. In its explanation the hospital said that the suspension was lifted because the court order was misinterpreted by the hospital authorities. Dr Jaiswar, an orthopedician, was suspended after a preliminary probe found him guilty. The doctor, at present, is out on bail. 

He then moved to Mumbai's Andheri magistrate’s court stating that the suspension had disrupted his preparation for a post-graduate degree. Taking cognizant of which the court allowed him access to the campus. But going a step ahead, the hospital placed him at the BMC-run Trauma Care Centre, ignoring the fact that he still needed to be come out clean from the investigations. 

According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, it took the complainant five months of running around to bring it to the notice of authorities that Dr Jaiswar’s reinstatement was wrong at multiple levels.

“Forget about listening to me, it took me four months to just get a copy of the court order that was used to reinstate him,” the victim told Mumbai Mirror on Saturday.

In a letter written to Kundan, the victim wrote: “I am mentally depressed and it [the reinstatement of the accused] had caused huge embarrassment to me. I did not even want to step out of my house. Adequate precaution was not taken regarding maintaining confidentiality by senior hospital authorities and my name was publicly discussed.”

Deputy Municipal Commissioner Sunil Dhamane, who has been asked to conduct a fresh inquiry, said he has already met with a few Cooper officials. “I am meeting some more officials connected to the case next week. The BMC’s legal department is assisting me in this inquiry,” he said.

Jaiswar was caught after one of the women, who saw the video clips that had been circulated, suspected his involvement as he had been pestering her with messages from the time she joined the course at HBT Medical College, on the Cooper Hospital premises, according to the report. 

After she approached the hospital dean and subsequently the Juhu Police, Jaiswar’s phone and laptop were checked, and three video clips were found stored in the phone, the report further stated.