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'Can A Lady Molest A Lady?'

Suspended senior gynaecologist Sasi Prabha spoke to Outlook about the controversy.

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'Can A Lady Molest A Lady?'
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Have you conducted the 'PV' (per vaginal) test?

No. I haven't.

Then, what test did you conduct on the girl?

As I found some scars on her abdomen I just conducted some external examinations.

You did not put either glove or fingers in her vagina?

No. The allegation is absurd. It's true that I asked her to remove her clothes, as I found some scratches near the abdomen. I only wanted to check the skin. That's all. Moreover, what's wrong if a lady doctor examines another lady. Is it a crime? Can it be termed as outraging someone's modesty? How can a lady molest another?

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Do you suspect any foul play?

Yes. You see, the girl's statements given to the KGH authorities and the police are contradictory. In her complaint to the hospital authorities, she alleged that 'some' tests had been conducted. But in her police complaint, she claims that a PV test was done. What the student and your learned journalists fail to understand is that a PV test is totally different from a 'virginity' test. While PV is conducted for different reasons, the virginity test is resorted to only on reference by legal authorities in cases of a rape, divorce and defamation.

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Interestingly, the student lodged the complaints only after a report appeared in the Telugu daily Vaartha . The daily's correspondent wrote a story alleging misuses of hospital funds by my husband (an orthopaedician). My husband filed a defamation case against the reporter and the daily.

So you have not conducted the virginity test?

No way. I have been a practising gynae-cologist for the past 15 years and I have never ever conducted such tests.

Do you think that the government's decision to suspend you and your colleague has put the entire medical community in the dock?

Yes. It has put us in a vulnerable position. In no way can we carry out our duties.

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