Allahabad: Medical services at Central Hospital were hit as its staff members staged an hour-long demonstration after one of the hospital’s doctor was allegedly assaulted by a police official over entry into the Mela ground, on Monday.The doctors and paramedical staff, however, dispersed after administrative officials and SSP ( Kumbh ) intervened.As per reports, Dr Anil Kumar, who was posted at Central Hospital, was stopped from entering the Mela ground by deputy SP Kulpdeep Upreti as the former was on a two-wheeler. Upreti said that he stopped Kumar as vehicles weren’t allowed to enter the venue from that side.When Kumar insisted that he was a doctor and had an official entry pass, Upreti allegedly abused him, threw away his pass and assaulted the doctor.The commotion caught the CRPF personnel’s attention and they intervened. Meanwhile, Kumar called Additional SP Monica Chadhha and informed her about Upreti’s alleged misbehaviour. Kumar was later allowed to enter the Mela ground.When the hospital staff came to know about the incident, they abstained from work and protested for over an hour. They also demanded that action against the errant police official. “We believe that doctors and hospital staff should have easy access to all entry points of the Mela ground,” said chief medical of superintendent of Central Hospital, Dr Deepak Seth.To resolve the issue, additional director (health and medical services) Dr AK Paliwal met Kumbh Mela officer Vijay Kiran Anand and SSP (Kumbh) KP Singh.SSP (Kumbh) KP Singh said that Utpreti was asked to apologise to Kumar for his behaviour, after which protesting hospital staffers resumed work.Till the protest ended, many patients had to wait for doctors to resume work even as senior faculty members and paramedical staff struggled to run the emergency department.

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