Shimla, Dec. 25 -- Healthcare services in Himachal Pradesh's capital are set to face major disruption as the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) and Hospital, Shimla, has announced a day-long mass casual leave on December 26 to protest the termination of Dr Raghav Nirula, a senior resident in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine.

The protest comes in the wake of the December 22 incident at IGMC in which Dr Nirula was seen in a viral video involved in a physical scuffle with a patient, identified as Arjun Pawar (36), a resident of Chopal. The video triggered widespread public outrage and placed the state government under pressure amid its stated push for reforms in the healthcare sector.

Following t...