Punjab Suspends 11 Staff Members After Surgery Video Goes Viral at Lady Willingdon Hospital

Punjab suspends 11 staff members after surgery video goes viral at Lady Willingdon Hospital

The Punjab government on Saturday suspended 11 staff members, including the medical superintendent and the head of the gynaecology department at Lahore's Lady Willingdon Hospital, following the circulation of a controversial video showing unprofessional conduct in an operating theatre. Punjab Health Department spokesperson Sayed Hamad Raza confirmed the development to The Express Tribune. The video, recorded during two separate caesarean operati…

Four Doctors Suspended After Viral Video Shows C-Section 'Race'

The Government of Punjab’s Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education (SHC&ME) Department has suspended four postgraduate resident doctors and issued a show-cause notice to a senior department head after a deeply disturbing video from the operating theatre of Lady Willingdon Hospital went viral on social media, showing medical staff apparently treating two simultaneous C-section procedures as […] The post Four Doctors Suspended After Viral Vid…

Punjab suspends training of four doctors after OT ‘competition’ video

LAHORE: Punjab government has suspended the post-graduate training of four lady doctors at Lady Willingdon Hospital after a disturbing video surfaced showing them competing during simultaneous caesarean surgeries in the operation theater. According to reports made available from multiple media outlets, two C-sections were underway when the doctors allegedly turned the procedures into a contest, remarking on who would finish first. Footage of the…

PPP condemns patient videos at Lady Willingdon Hospital, demands probe

LAHORE: Ahsan Rizvi, Deputy Secretary Information of Pakistan Peoples Party Central Punjab, has strongly condemned the disturbing incident of patients being filmed during surgery at Lady Willingdon Hospital in Lahore, stating that recording videos of patients during operations in a government hospital is an utterly shameful act. Raising serious concerns, Ahsan Rizvi questioned whether the healthcare system in Punjab has become completely abandon…