Opposition leaders had slammed the Minister's behaviour, calling it "cheap theatrics".
A day after being humiliated on camera by Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra, the vice-chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Faridkot, Dr Raj Bahadur, has resigned from his post. He wrote to the state government today.
The state Health Minister, after complaints regarding cleanliness in hospital wards, had entered the government hospital, accompanied by press and cameramen, and asked Dr Bahadurl to lay on a bed for patients.
"It's all in your hands, it's all in your hands," Minister Jouramajra is heard telling the doctor as soon as he gets up from the bed.
At this point, someone lifts up the mattress and points to its poor condition. The Minister then asks that he be shown the stores.
Opposition leaders had slammed the Minister's behaviour, calling it "cheap theatrics".
Congress leader Pargat Singh had said, "This type of mob behaviour will only demoralise our medical staff."
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) too has condemned the minister.
"IMA strongly condemns the derogatory action by the Punjab Health Minister who humiliated Dr Raj Bahadur, Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences on July 29. It is not only humiliation for the vice chancellor but the entire medical fraternity across India has been insulted," the doctors' body said in a statement.
In May, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann sacked his then Health Minister Vijay Singla from the cabinet on a corruption charge.