<p>It was not clear if the pistol on his table kept alongside the stethoscope was meant to scare the patients or if he believed in treating his patients with shock therapy.</p>.<p>An Uttar Pradesh doctor was suspended from a Community Health Centre (CHC) at Malihabad, after a video which showed a pistol on his table while he was writing prescriptions went viral on social media platforms on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to the health officials Dr Jitendra Verma, who was posted at Malihabad CHC, was transferred and a probe was ordered into the matter. ''We have taken a serious note of the matter....he has been suspended....an inquiry has been ordered...we will take action against the doctor if the video is found to be true,'' said a senior health official in Lucknow on Sunday.</p>.<p>The official said that keeping a pistol on the table while examining the patients and prescribing them medicines might scare the patients.</p>.<p>Sources said that Verma had a valid license for the pistol but it was not immediately known why he chose to keep it on the table amid the medicines, stethoscope and other instruments. ''Maybe he apprehended a threat to his life and therefore kept the pistol on the table,'' said a paramedic also posted at the same CHC.</p>.<p>Earlier also Verma was in the news for the wrong reasons. About a month back a video showing him in an inebriated state while on night duty at the CHC had gone viral. The video was made by one of the attendants of a patient who had gone to the CHC to get him treated and was later posted on social media platforms. No action was taken against the doctor then.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>It was not clear if the pistol on his table kept alongside the stethoscope was meant to scare the patients or if he believed in treating his patients with shock therapy.</p>.<p>An Uttar Pradesh doctor was suspended from a Community Health Centre (CHC) at Malihabad, after a video which showed a pistol on his table while he was writing prescriptions went viral on social media platforms on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to the health officials Dr Jitendra Verma, who was posted at Malihabad CHC, was transferred and a probe was ordered into the matter. ''We have taken a serious note of the matter....he has been suspended....an inquiry has been ordered...we will take action against the doctor if the video is found to be true,'' said a senior health official in Lucknow on Sunday.</p>.<p>The official said that keeping a pistol on the table while examining the patients and prescribing them medicines might scare the patients.</p>.<p>Sources said that Verma had a valid license for the pistol but it was not immediately known why he chose to keep it on the table amid the medicines, stethoscope and other instruments. ''Maybe he apprehended a threat to his life and therefore kept the pistol on the table,'' said a paramedic also posted at the same CHC.</p>.<p>Earlier also Verma was in the news for the wrong reasons. About a month back a video showing him in an inebriated state while on night duty at the CHC had gone viral. The video was made by one of the attendants of a patient who had gone to the CHC to get him treated and was later posted on social media platforms. No action was taken against the doctor then.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>