A viral video from Lady Willingdon Hospital showing two C section procedures in the same operating theatre has triggered strong reactions after the health department suspended seven staff members, including five trainee doctors, the head of anaesthesia and the medical superintendent. The Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department Punjab issued show-cause notices and said the action followed hospital rules and protocols.<\/p>\n
The Young Doctors Association Punjab has questioned both the basis and timing of the move, with YDA President Dr Shoaib Niazi<\/strong> describing the doctor suspensions as unfair and reactive. He said the footage being cited is about eight months old and argued that any concerns should have been addressed when the video first circulated rather than under renewed social media pressure.<\/p>\n Dr Niazi acknowledged that making videos inside operating theatres breaches professional ethics, but he also said the clip more clearly illustrates the strain on public hospitals. He said doctors are often forced to manage emergencies with limited space and staff, and that the footage shows professionals trying to cope under pressure rather than deliberately endangering patients.<\/p>\n The association warned that such disciplinary steps risk damaging morale across the medical community and could further weaken an already burdened public healthcare system. The YDA also pushed back against online calls for arrests, asking critics to consider 36 to 48-hour duties, intense training and the day-to-day pressures faced by trainees and consultants alike.<\/p>\n Health officials have stood by their decision, saying the suspensions were taken in line with established protocols. No formal response to the YDA statement has been issued yet, leaving the matter unresolved and tensions high between hospital staff and authorities.<\/p>\n The YDA has reserved the right to stage protests if the doctor suspensions are not reviewed, signalling a potential escalation. For now the incident has opened a wider debate on patient safety, medical ethics and the working conditions that drive frontline doctors in Punjab to make difficult choices under pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" YDA Punjab demands review of doctor suspensions after a viral C section video, calling the health department’s timing reactive and urging a fair probe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}