Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday accepted the resignation of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, vice-chancellor Dr Raj Bahadur.

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The resignation has been forwarded to Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit for remaining approval, sources within the chief minister’s workplace (CMO) mentioned, including that the director, medical training, will maintain the extra cost of vice-chancellor until the appointment of a brand new VC is made.

Dr Raj Bahadur, 71, an eminent backbone specialist, had resigned over 10 days in the past, citing humiliation by the hands of Punjab well being minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra, who compelled him to lie on a grimy mattress throughout a routine inspection of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot.

A day after the July 29 incident, Dr Raj Bahadur had put in his papers, although Mann spoke to him and expressed remorse over the incident. Dr Bahadur was agency and requested the chief minister to alleviate him from companies because the work atmosphere was not conducive.

In an interview to Hindustan Times, Dr Bahadur mentioned, “The minister (Jouramajra) was on the campus for the routine inspection. When he raised the issue of dirty beds in the dermatology ward, I admitted some deficiencies. I repeatedly told him that I was not responsible for the purchase and it has to be done by the medical superintendent and I can only sanction the budget. But he wanted me to lie on the bed, may be with a motive to publicly humiliate me. If the minister would have asked me to tender a resignation in plain words, I would have done so. Otherwise, too, my term was going to expire next year.”

Jouramajra was accompanied by Faridkot deputy commissioner Dr Ruhee Dugg, Jaitu MLA Amolak Singh and Aam Aadmi Party staff through the inspection.

The incident grew to become a serious embarrassment for the federal government, the medical fraternity to opposition leaders to folks of all walks of life supporting Dr Raj Bahadur and condemning the well being minister’s behaviour.