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Three Kerala doctors who were booked after pictures of a patient of theirs undergoing a caesarean section went viral on the social media, were suspended from service by the health department Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the Kerala High Court had denied anticipatory bail to the three. "If interim bail is granted, that will send a bad message to society. If this is a situation, how can our sisters go to hospital for delivery?" the judge asked.
The suspension came after Kannur district medical officer KJ Reena submitted her report to health authorities. Four other staff members who were present during the delivery have also been booked.
The incident came to light after a regional TV channel aired the report on the circulation of the "delivery scene" in a social media, following which police registered a case under cybercrime provisions against hospital authorities.
The woman said in the complaint that delivery scenes were shot without her knowledge and shared on internet breaching her privacy.
Various organisations had registered protests over the incident and demanded action against the doctors.
The three doctors had stopped coming to work and their mobile phones were switched off.