The doctor held his pre-wedding shoot in the operation theatre of a government hospital at Bharamasagar, Chitradurga.
Dr Abhishek was seen performing a mock surgery with his fiancée — both in scrubs — on a 'patient'. (Screengrab)
Little did Dr Abhishek and his fiancée imagine that their romantic pre-wedding shoot would grab national attention. The shoot, in an unusual setting, was planned to remain as a slice of memory they could cherish for life.
The memory will now last for life since the outcome of the photoshoot was unromantic. On Friday, 9 February, the Karnataka government sacked Dr Abhishek for holding the pre-wedding shoot inside an operation theatre of a government hospital in the Chithradurga district.
The video of the pre-wedding shoot went viral on social media, drawing flak from the authorities and netizens alike.
Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao took the ‘affair’ seriously. “The doctor who conducted a pre-wedding shoot in the operation theatre of the government hospital at Bharamasagar, Chitradurga, has been terminated from service,” he said on X.
“Government hospitals exist for the healthcare of the people and not for personal work. I cannot tolerate such indiscipline from doctors,’ the minister added, before providing a piece of advice to healthcare workers.
“All contract employees, including doctors and staff performing duties in the health department, should perform their duties as per government service rules,” he said in the post.
“I have already instructed the doctors and staff concerned to be careful so that such abuses do not happen in government hospitals,” he added.
Dr Abhishek and his fiancée took their love story right into the ‘heart’ of a government hospital’s operation theatre at Bharamasagar in Chitradurga.
The ‘script’ had Dr Abhishek performing a mock surgery with his fiancée — both in scrubs — on a ‘patient’.
The ‘patient’ miraculously recovers as the would-be-bride pats him, amidst peals of laughter. An entire array of cameras and lighting captured the ‘surgery’, turning the sterile environment of a surgical suite into a stage for their romantic saga.
The video also showed people with cameras and lights present in the operation theatre for the pre-wedding shoot.
Dr Renu Prasad, the District Health Officer, Chitradurga told the media that Dr Abhishek, seen in the contentious video, was recently hired on contract through the National Health Mission (NHM).
“Appointed as a contractual medical officer, he chose an operation theatre, unused since last September, at the Bharamasagar Health Centre for the photoshoot. I am compelled to address this issue with the hospital administration, demanding swift action,” he stated.
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