Miami hospital terminates her 3 months after incident.

AB Wire

A drunken rampage with an Uber driver has cost Indian American physician Dr. Anjali Ramkissoon – who later regretted her actions and was touted by family members and neighbors as an exemplary young woman – has cost her dearly: the Miami hospital where she worked has terminated her services, three months after a video surfaced on YouTube showing her hitting and screaming profanities at the driver.

Jackson Health System officials released a statement Friday saying that fourth-year neurology resident Anjali Ramkissoon would be terminated. She’s been on administrative leave since the video went public in January, according to the Miami Herald.

‘She is entitled to an appeal process,’ the two-sentence statement reads.

Ramkissoon, who was a fourth-year neurology resident, reportedly got into an Uber without a reservation back in January. When the driver asked her to leave, she became angry and belligerent, reported the Daily Mail.

The video shows her punching and kicking the man, who eventually walks away, and then getting into the passenger seat of the vehicle and throwing his mail, cell phone, electronics and other devices and possessions out into the street.

At one point she also yells at him; ‘Get the f*** in the car, you piece of f***ing disgusting s***.’

The video footage was taken by Juan Cinco, who had ordered the car to take him home from the Mary Brickell Village in Miami, Florida, on Sunday night. He later uploaded the clip to YouTube. Information posted with the clip explains Ramkissoon, who was dressed in tight white shorts and a red top, came ‘out of nowhere’ and climbed into the backseat of the Uber.

When she refused to get out, Cinco and his friend told the driver to cancel their ride and offered to book another ride home. He said the driver pretended to phone the police, asking them to remove the woman from his car, which prompted Ramkissoon to reach into the front seat, grab his keys and start to walk away, reported the Mail.

Then, Ramkissoon climbs into the front passenger seat and starts to throw items off the dashboard on to the street while ordering the driver to ‘get in the f***ing car’. He refuses and Ramkissoon shouts: ‘Get the f*** in the car you piece of f***ing disgusting s***’.

Ramkissoon continues to throw items on to the ground, including the driver’s iPhone, cash and dozens of pieces of paper and receipts. At one point she hurls a pair of scissors that lands just inches away from Cinco.

The driver phones the police and tells them he has ‘bruises’ from the Ramkissoon’s attack as she mocks his pleas, saying ‘I’m a 5ft tall girl who weighs 100lbs and I am getting really belligerent right now’.

‘It was only when they put her in the police car that she started crying, apologizing, and claiming that she would lose her medical license (she claimed to be a neurologist) if she got arrested,’ said Cinco. He said the Uber driver was ‘too good of a person’ and decided to take a cash settlement – ‘only enough to pay his cellphone bill and maybe his cable bill’ – rather than take legal action.

Miami police spokeswoman Frederica Burden confirmed officers had responded to the scene but said there was no report and there would be no investigation.

Following the incident, Ramkissoon appeared on Good Morning America on Wednesday morning to explain what led her to snap that night, and apologize publicly for her actions.

She said in the teary interview: ‘There’s absolutely no excuse for my actions. ‘I’m ashamed. I’m so sorry. I’ve hurt so many people.’