Shimla, Dec. 24 -- The Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER), Himachal Pradesh, has terminated the services of a senior resident doctor at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) and Hospital, Shimla, following an inquiry into a scuffle between the doctor and a patient in the pulmonary ward earlier this week.

According to an order issued by the Director, Medical Education and Research on December 24, the action was taken on the basis of a preliminary report submitted by the Disciplinary Inquiry Committee of IGMC and a subsequent fact-finding inquiry ordered by the state government.

The incident involved Dr Raghav Nirula, Senior Resident in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, and a 36-year-old male patient identified as Arj...