Nurse Death: 5 AIIMS Doctors Suspended; Colleagues Warn of Strike

New Delhi: The AIIMS administration on Sunday suspended five resident doctors over the death of a pregnant nurse due to their alleged negligence, following nursing union's protest.

The decision was denounced by the Resident Doctors Association, which demanded that it be rolled back or they would go on a strike.

In a letter to the AIIMS Director, RDA officials said the five doctors, who were on the duty in the operation theatre, had decided to perform a cesarean surgery on the nurse, Rajbir Kaur, as there were some



complications.

The nurse suffered a cardiac arrest during the surgery, leading to more complications. But without taking this into consideration, the administration put them under suspension, a senior RDA official said.

"The RDA strongly condemns this action and urges the administration to withdraw the suspension order immediately, failing which the resident doctors will be forced to withdraw all patient care with immediate effect," the letter said.

Police said the post-mortem will be conducted.