AIIMS and atrocities by Indian politicians

07-08-2006, 10:19 PM

QUOTEHow did this Ramdoss get his medical degree? The answer is due to the reservation raj in TN. Now he obviously did not do well as physician, because he then drifted to economics.
According some news clip, he was a bad student, low grades but managed to grease department.
Politicians from TN are spreading their hatred towards upper caste in rest of India. They are not realizing how rest of India will treat common citizen from TN.
Now I know why TN police in Tihar Jail security were point of amusement for Delhi and ridiculed left and right.

07-08-2006, 10:22 PM

Venugopal serves showcause notice on AIIMS registrarQUOTE"Gupta has been served a show-cause notice and asked to explain within two weeks the confusion regarding the release of salaries to the doctors who participated in the anti-quota agitation," AIIMS spokesperson Shakti Gupta said.
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After joining duty, Venugopal only cleared some files in his office, sources in his office said.

"He came in at about 12 pm for about half an hour and cleared some file... There were some administrative issues which needed his immediate attention" they added.

After the court order, the director had said he would not compromise on the dignity of the institute and continue to fight for its autonomy.

He had said he would ignore the "personal humiliation meted out to him".

07-08-2006, 11:02 PM

Ramadoos had his small time clinic in Thindivanam,, TN. The Father Ramadoss is called " Iyya" and Anbumani is " Chinna Iyya" He probably never had any patient visiting him. Most often the shop ( clinic) was the meeting point for all the Vanniar thugs in the local area and Ramadoss used to instigate the Vanniar thugs to create panic, violence and attack Brahmins in those areas ( there were anyway very few left to be teased !) . The number of road blocks in the name of " creating social awareness" , particularly in the late evenings on the GST road by PMK is beyond count. Those were the meaans for creating " respect" for PMK !
PMK's fundamental philoshophy is that it is perfectly OK to loot, strip and rob the upper caste people, particularly the well off . And that is PMK version of social justice. No wonder the Communits are alingned to PMK. PMK and CPM beleives that wealth has to be distributed , no matter whether the nation creates wealth or not !
Hope the top Doctors of AIIMS have a way surigically fix the corrupt brain ( whatever little he may ahve) of this sick guy Anbumani..

07-10-2006, 02:13 AM

QUOTEWhy we should oppose Ramadoss 
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Reporter's notebook | Sidharth Mishra
The High Court has intervened and stayed the resolution passed by the Governing Body of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) recommending dismissal of director Dr P Venugopal. For about a week, preceding the extra-ordinary meeting of the AIIMS body, we carried a campaign, which was aimed at nailing the Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss. Detractors of Dr P Venugopal have questioned the real intent of the campaign.

I am sorry if they could not decipher the intent of the campaign. It was purely to put the Minister in the dock. If likes of Anbumani Ramadoss are allowed to have a free run, institutions built over the decades would crumble in days. Anbumani Ramadoss cannot be trusted with the health of the nation. The way he piloted the resolution at the meeting brazenly stifling dissent doesn't augur well for democracy.

I am glad somebody like Professor Deepak Pental, the vice-chancellor of Delhi University, stood his ground and called the Minister's bluff. I am sorry that some others have been able to gather courage only after the High Court order to say that they did not support the resolution. The voting in conference hall of Nirman Bhawan resembled the way resolutions are passed in the meeting of housing societies, where mafia uses muscles to have its way.

To quote Professor Pental, "A man (Venugopal) with so distinguished a career cannot be removed like this, simply because he cannot have gone wrong in a day. If he was selected some years back to run the institute and is summarily removed today, we either made a mistake then or we are making a mistake now. ...It is important for people like Venugopal to be allowed to retain their freedom of expression as he is not strictly a civil servant but an academician who has done good work all these years.

The same set of rules, which apply to the civil servants cannot apply to academicians even when they are in administration. It is important to try and look at new things and create new solutions. An academician cannot be expected to just continue with what is already there."

The crisis in AIIMS has its genesis in the failure of Minister Ramadoss to appreciate the academic abilities of the veteran cardiac surgeon. The way he has gone about forcing his agenda caring to figs for norms and traditions only strengthened our resolve that he must oppose him tooth and nail. Characters like Ramadoss are too concerned about the political harvest they stand to reap from their decisions. Be it banning of smoking on the screen or his virulent attack on the cola companies or meddling in the affairs of the Medical Council of India (MCI), the Minister has exposed himself as a man in hurry in scoring brawny points.

Politicians like Ramadoss must be opposed because they use the vehicle of caste to perpetuate the culture of nepotism. Both the father and the son have been most vehement supporters of 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the canters of higher learning. Both when it came to sharing power, he has not looked beyond his family. Veteran PMK leaders like Dalit Ezhumalai and P Shanmugham to day find themselves in wilderness because they are not related to Ramadoss.

07-10-2006, 02:37 AM

QUOTERamadoss said 13-3 in AIIMS board voted to sack Venugopal, seven say they donât agree
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Toufiq RashidPosted online: Sunday, July 09, 2006 at 0000 hrs PrintÂ
NEW DELHI, JULY 8:For Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the decision to sack AIIMS director P Venugopal this weekâa decision stayed by the Delhi High Courtâis an open and shut case. On Wednesday, he announced that the 17-member âinstitute bodyâ of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences had voted 13-3 in favour of the resolution to fire Venugopal. 

That figure doesnât tell the story.

A close scrutiny of the boardâs composition and interviews with members confirm that two members were absent; a third, Venugopal himself, was asked to stay away from the meeting. This reduced the board to 14. While three came out in open support of Venugopal, four others have now told The Sunday Express that they did not vote the way the Minister makes it out to be. And those who backed the Minister were his handpicked members who report to him.

In short, at least half of the board members present did not endorse a confrontation with Venugopal.

Formed by an Act of Parliament in 1956, AIIMS was set up as âa bodyâ whose composition is defined by law. The current board was constituted in February 2005âthe previous one had finished its five-year term in November 2004âwhen Ramadoss was the Health Minister.

The original Act has no provision for the Health Minister to be part of the board but Ramadoss nominated himself as president. In this, he was sticking to traditionâsince 1983, Health Ministers have foisted themselves onto the board.

Consider the following:

Clause 4 (E) of the Act says that ââfive persons of whom one shall be a non-medical scientist representating the Indian Science Congress Association, to be nominated by the Central government.ââ

1,2,3: Under this, Ramadoss chose himself, his sisterâs father-in-law Dr A Rajashekaran and his Secretary P K Hota, all of whom backed the resolution to sack Venugopal. For Rajashekaran, a urologist, this is his second term on the board. He was in the previous body as well, appointed by then Health Minister T Shanmugham, of the same PMK party as Ramadoss. 

4: The ânon-medicalâ Science Congress representative was Prof B P Chatterjee, biochemistry professor at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata. When contacted by The Sunday Express, Chatterjee, said: âI told them I canât vote in favour of the resolution. We requested that the issue be settled amicably. There was no voting so there is no question of my voting for it.â 

5: Nilima Kshirsagar, Dean of Mumbaiâs KEM hospital: Absent. Declined to comment.

Four representatives of medical faculties of Indian universities nominated by Ramadoss:

6: K K Talwar, PGI, Chandigarh, Director, who is considered to be in the running for Venugopalâs post: Opposed Venugopal, declined to comment.
7:: Kartar Singh, Director, Sanjay Gandhi institute in Lucknow: âNobody voted for anybody there. I asked for the issue to be settled mutually. How can I vote against Dr Venugopal? He is my friend, he did my operation.â 
8: R Surendran, professor of gastroenterology at Chennaiâs Stanley Hospital: Declined to comment
9: S S Agarwal, chief, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow: âDr Venugopal is a highly respectable, talented and decorated medical professional who has dedicated his life to his patients. He should have got an appropriate chance to explain.â 
10: Dr S K Srivastava, Director General Health Services (ex-officio member), backed the resolution: ââCourt is supreme they must have looked into the merit of the case.ââ
11: Raghuveer Singh, Finance Ministry nominee: Unavailable for comment.
12: Dr Karan Singh Yadav, Congress MP (nominated by party): ââItâs an unfortunate episode and I wouldnât like to comment. All I can say is courts are supreme and we have to respect them.ââ
13: R K Dhawan, Congress MP (nominated by party): âThe Health Minister did not ask us one by one. All I can say I was for reconciliation and an honourable settlement by both sides.â 
14: Delhi University Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental (ex-officio member): Opposed the resolution: âDr Venugopal needs to be given a chance to explain.â
15: V K Malhotra, BJP MP (party nominee): âWe told the Minister that the procedure he is following canât stand in court of law. Now the court has to probe how he bullied the members by taking the Prime Ministerâs name. We have sent a letter to the PM signed by former PM A B Vajpayee and L K Advani.â
16: Sudeep Banerjeee, HRD nominee: Absent; unavailable for comment.
17: P Venugopal (nominated by law): asked to step out of the meeting.

toufiq.rashid@expressindia.com


Hahahha
Ramadoss is not only casteist, but pathtic liar and crook.
He had appointed his own relative in board. <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' />

07-10-2006, 02:44 AM

Meanwhile, for Papa Doc, hurdles cleared for 180-acre university QUOTEFar away from Delhi, where Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss is flexing his muscles, back home in Tindivanam, his father, Dr S. Ramadoss, is doing his own bit of bullying.

His ââgreat Vanniyar dreamââ of a deemed university complex on 180 acres is steamrolling protests and rulesâan unauthorised bridge over a PWD-owned water channel, ââgrabbingââ a local burial ground and some peremboke (government-owned) land as well.
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ââWhen completed, it will be the first-ever deemed university complex in the country covering the entire educational gamutâa law college, paramedical institute, medical college and management Institutes, besides the existing training institute for IAS/IPS aspirants,ââ PMK spokesperson, Jothi Mani told Sunday Express.........................

How much will be donation fee?
I hope 100% reserved for Vanniyars.

07-13-2006, 12:31 AM

Centre ready with appeal against HC stay order on Venugopal QUOTEThe appeal, which is being given finishing touches by Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam, is expected to come up before a Division Bench of the High Court in the next two or three days, official sources said.

According to official sources, one of the main ground challenged in the appeal is the maintainability of the stay order granted by the single Judge.

It was sought to be contended in the appeal that the Single Judge's action was "preposterous" as no order was passed terminating the services of Venugopal.

The "cause of action" would arise only when an action has been completed, but since the resolution seeking Venugopal's termination was not ratified by the Assurances Committee of the Cabinet, the High Court had erred in granting a stay or interfering with the dispute, it was being stated in the plea.

Official sources indicated that the appeal would also harp on Venugpal's perceived inability to curb the 17-day strike by AIIMS doctors during the anti-reservation stir to substantiate the government's charge that the director failed to discharge his duties efficiently.

The director's alleged anti-government remarks besides the exodus of some senior medical faculty members from the premier institute are being cited in the appeal to justify the aborted termination move.
No freedom of speech for Indians. They call AIIMS is autonomous body.

07-13-2006, 12:58 AM

Terms of reference for inquiry into AIIMS affairs announced 
Joker is still busy with his nonsense.

07-14-2006, 09:17 AM

Fresh row at AIIMSQUOTENew Delhi, July 13: Resident doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences may not get their stipend for the days they were on strike, but will probably not have to serve an extra term to rake in much more in private hospitals.

AIIMS director P. Venugopal today reversed yesterdayâs decision taken by the registrar to hold back degrees of those doctors who are short of completing their stipulated number of working days because of the 17-day strike in protest against the proposed backward class quota in May.

Eighty doctors who were to finish their residency at AIIMS this month yesterday faced the prospect of spending another term here, after registrar V.K. Gupta refused to give them their completion certificates.

âThey will simply have to complete their contract requirements,â he had said.

Venugopal today issued a notice asking Gupta to ârelease the certificates and adjust the incomplete days of work against extra hours of workâ.

âWe are really thankful to Dr Venugopal. My career may have been ruined,â said a relieved Rajeev Ranjan of the Residents Doctorsâ Association (RDA). 

Ranjan has a job waiting in Washington but would have had to leave it and spend another term at AIIMS if Venugopal did not intervene. âAbroad particularly, an extended degree is looked down upon. Nor can I explain the reasons,â Ranjan said.

But Venugopal may soon have to explain his decision to the health ministry.

Sources in the ministry â locked in a tussle with the AIIMS director â said âno one, including health minister Anbumani Ramadossâ, can release completion certificates without fulfilment of the contract criteria.

The contract, a copy of which is available with The Telegraph, binds all resident doctors at AIIMS to three years of work, including teaching.

A shortage in the number of working days can only be compensated âagainst leavesâ. If a doctor does not have leaves in store, the âregistration is to be extended for the periodâ. There is also no provision of adjustment against extra working hours.

As no classes are on right now â because students are on vacation â the affected doctors would have had to spend an extra term at AIIMS, had their degrees been held back. A 48-day strike in 1996 at AIIMS for better hostel conditions had also led to degrees of several resident doctors extended.

07-15-2006, 01:28 AM

QUOTERamadoss dilutes recruitment rules for faculty 
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Yoga Rangatia | New Delhi
MCI fears doing away with on-job training will lower academic standards ---- To keep his father's quota promise, Health Minister A Ramadoss has lowered the bar for recruitment of teachers in medical colleges. The Health Ministry has done away with the mandatory additional one to two year teaching experience for diploma holders of the National Board of Examination before being considered for appointment as lecturers in specialties.

Reviewing its 1994 order, the Government has decided that "requirement of additional one/two years teaching experience needs to be discontinued," a recent Ministry circular to health secretaries said.

The timing of the circular, however, indicates that the Government's decision is not driven by concern for either students or maintaining medical education standards, but with an eye at meeting a political objective: immediate increase of number of medical seats to accommodate a cynical reservation regime.

By diluting its earlier provision for recruitment of teachers, the Ministry hopes to bridge the demand in teaching staff. Increase in number of medical seats is linked to teacher to student ratio; without increasing the number of teachers, medical institutions cannot increase intake of students.

The move also raises eyebrows because the board is headed by a relative of Health Minister, Dr A Rajshekharan. Several attempts to elicit his response to the Government's decision, failed.

The Board awards post-graduate diplomas to students enrolled with non-teaching institutions, unlike MD and MS degrees awarded by medical colleges accredited to the Medical Council of India. Candidates take entrance exam, register with a recognised hospital, learn on-the-job, and pass examination held by the board. But the diploma awarded by NBE is not treated at par with degrees awarded by medical colleges.

Their recruitment for teaching posts has not been favoured, so much so that not even one of about 1,300 diploma holders has reached Professor level.

But the move to equate the two parallel systems, one run by NBE and another by MCI, has evoked sharp reactions. "This will cost academic excellence and is a compromise to meet political ends. There is no structured curriculum, admission procedure or full-time faculty. In medical colleges, each teaching unit must have three staff and 30-bedded facility. There is no such teaching norm under NBE system. The Council has taken a position that it cannot be equated with degrees by medical colleges. It was conveyed to the Government in May 2006 and will be taken up in its next general body meet," MCI sources said.

Out of the 400 accredited hospitals with NBE, are public hospitals like Guru Tegh Bahadur and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospitals. The same set of teachers double up for MD/MS students and those pursuing diplomas. "We have rigorous appraisal system and central examination system. The diploma is internationally recognised," said NBE spokesperson S Roy Biswas.

Defending the Government's decision, chairman of post-graduate medical education committee of Health Ministry, Ranjit Roy Chaudhury said: "We need many more teaching staff. Diploma holders have gone on to occupy chairs of medicine and surgery abroad, but are discriminated in the country. If there is a variation in standards of NBE qualifications, the same is also true of medical colleges run by MCI. Instances of corruption cases against MCI inspectors have also surfaced. There is no case for discriminating against NBE diploma holders."

07-17-2006, 08:16 PM

Pay striking docs, SC orders CentreQUOTEThe Court observed, "As a matter of law, we don't approve of doctors going on strike. Normally, the principle of no work no pay would have been applied but for your (Centre's) assurance that no punitive action will be taken against them if they join back duties.

"So you pay the salary," it said.

Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian submitted that the departure from the no work no pay principle should not be a precedent. 

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Hahhahah!!! Ramadoss can't flip-flop. He and his father can't change consitution and they are not in TN. Good going <!--emo& Big Grin

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07-20-2006, 09:23 PM

FAIMS President resignsQUOTEPresident of the Faculty Association of AIIMS AB Dey, considered close to Union Health Minister A Ramadoss, resigned on Thursday from his post, a fall-out of the tussle between the minister and Institute Director P Venugopal.

The resignation of Dey is yet another important development in the running battle between Venguopal and Ramadoss, with majority of the Association office bearers being considered supporters of the Director.

A source in the Institute said Dey's resignation was immediately accepted by the FAAIIMS' General Body which met in New Delhi.

In a letter addressed to the FAIMS Secretary, Dey said "taking full responsibility of the recent developments involving the Faculty Association, I resign from the post of the President, FAIMS."

Dey said "some of his statements, circulated in the media, were his personal opinions and not that of the association."

He also apologised to members who "may have been hurt" by any of his acts of "omission and commission " since he took over as President of the FAIMS in May 2003.

Vice President and the General Secretary of the FAIMS had earlier distanced the Association from the comments of Dey regarding the anti-reservation agitation, which were circulated on the FAIMS letterhead.

07-23-2006, 12:42 AM

Oops! Ramadoss, it's time for loss of officeQUOTECabinet returns Bill to Prez as it is ---- With the Cabinet deciding to return the Office of Profit Bill to the President as it is,Health Minister A Ramadoss is all set for disqualification as an MP. Â <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' />Â

Ramadoss, as President of the governing body of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), may come be under the Election Commission's scanner for holding an office of profit while being an MP.

Legal experts say the nature of the AIIMS president post and its privileges would attract OoP penalties.

Since his does not find mention in the list of exempted posts, the Minister could come under sharper legal scrutiny, especially in the wake of his obsession with AIIMS and his meddling in its affairs.

The first clause of Article 102 of the Constitution says: "A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of Parliament if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify the holder."

What makes Ramadoss' case more curious is that his tenure as president runs contrary to the letter and spirit of AIIMS Act.

Political non-interference has been one of the most prominent features of the Act and that's why out of the 17 members in the governing body, political representation is less than 20 percent. The Act provides for three MPs in the governing body - two from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha. Rest are people from medical and related fields.

Once a Governing body member becomes a Minister, deputy Minister or Speaker, he ceases to be a member. This implies that the Health Minister can't be president of the AIIMS governing body.

AIIMS director Dr P Venugopal's petition in High Court (he was unceremoniously removed from his post after Ramadoss had convened a special AIIMS body meet on July 5) had claimed that the AIIMS president's was an office of profit and had sought his disqualification on this ground.

The petition also sought Ramadoss' removal as AIIMS president. It argued that the AIIMS Act, 1956, envisaged autonomy for the institute and, therefore, a Minister could not be appointed president or even a governing body member.

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Ashok Arora said, "If the Minister enjoys all perks and allowances then his post falls under the relevant sections of the office of profit. His continuation is then illegal and unethical." 

Another eminent lawyer K T S Tulsi said as per the AIIMS Act, Ramadoss' "appointment as President is definitely illegal."

07-26-2006, 01:31 AM

QUOTERebuffed on Venu, Govt retreats for now 
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Staff Reporter | New Delhi
The cup of woes for Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is overflowing. In a self-inflicted embarrassment, the Union Government on Tuesday submitted before the Delhi High Court that it would withdraw the order of termination of the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr P Venugopal.

However, Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said that after the withdrawal of the termination order, the Government would file fresh charges against Dr Venugopal.

The move came after the division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Kailash Gambhir threatened to dismiss the appeal against the single-judge bench order. As soon as the matter came up for hearing, the bench said the matter was pending before the single bench and it would not hear the submission of the Government. The matter will come up for hearing before the single bench on August 17.

Showing undue haste, the Centre had late on Monday moved the High Court seeking quashing of the order of a single-judge bench which had stayed the Institute's Governing Council's July 5 decision to terminate Venugopal's services. On July 7, Dr Venugopal had obtained a stay from a single bench of the High Court and resumed work the next day.

"The order of the single-judge bench stands authenticated," said Ashok Arora, a leading Supreme Court lawyer. He added that Tuesday's move also indicates that the Centre was on "an extremely sticky wicket". Eminent Supreme Court lawyer KTS Tulsi added that the assertion by the Centre that it would bring in fresh charges against Dr Venugopal "reflects the arrogance of the Government". Others termed it as a desperate attempt of a beleaguered Health Minister to save his skin from further embarrassment.

Meanwhile, a sense of dÃ©jÃ vu prevailed at AIIMS campus with doctors and students claiming that Tuesday's volte face was yet another blow to the hollow claims of the Health Minister. President of Faculty of AIIMS, Dr B K Khaitan said, "We are extremely pleased with the stance of the High Court. It bolsters our confidence in the judiciary." 

Dr Binod Patro, President of the Residents' Doctors Association sounded equally upbeat. "This is a victory of truth. It rejuvenates our trust in judiciary," he said.

07-28-2006, 09:07 PM

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07-29-2006, 12:07 AM

But it's no longer relevant as Parliament has already passed this bill and they can continue enjoying this privelege. The only thing is that Prez has to sign the bill before it becomes law.

07-29-2006, 01:58 AM

QUOTEBut it's no longer relevant as Parliament 
In Ramdoss case, he was enjoying every perks including daily allowances and AIIMS guest house.
Even according to new law, they can't withdraw salary or use perks from honorary position.

QUOTEThe petition filed by Venugopal besides seeking the quashing of the AIIMS Institute Body's recommendation for terminating his services, alleged that Ramadoss himself or in the name of his personal staff enjoyed pecuniary benefits or privileges. Thus he is liable to incur disqualification from being a Parliament member under Article 102 of the Constitution.

The petition further states, the Health Minister after taking over as AIIMS President, started staying at its guesthouse. After he vacated, his Officer on Special Duty, DS Murthy, a retired police inspector, stayed there. The guesthouse was not meant for the Minister's personal staff, Venugopal alleged.

Besides, the Minister had been asking AIIMS to foot his mobile and landline phone bills. Ramadoss is also accused of bringing along an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, Pramod Kumar as OSD, who was paid salary and allowances from the AIIMS account.

08-04-2006, 01:23 AM

QUOTEMinistry's no to SC diktat, AIIMS salary not released 
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Praveen Kumar | New Delhi
Even after the Supreme Court's ordered the release of salary to resident doctors of AIIMS who were absent from duty during the anti-quota stir in May, the Centre has not issued any instructions regarding the same. The resident doctors allege that the authorities at the AIIMS are trying to delay the matter despite a directive by the apex court.

What's compounding the doctors' woes was the fact that the Delhi Government had released the salaries of its medicos for the same period.

Speaking to The Pioneer, V P Gupta, Registrar of the institute said, "We have not received any documents either from the Centre or the court pertaining to the release of salary to the resident doctors. Unless and until we receive any such instructions we can't start the proceedings in the matter on our own. It is upon the higher authorities at the Centre to take up the issue." Gupta further added that it is through the media that they learnt about the Supreme Court's order and the Centre had still to provide them with the documents related to the release of salary of the doctors.

Meanwhile the resident doctors are once again planning to knock on the doors of the apex court against the lackadaisical stand of the Government. Neeraj Kumar, a resident doctor of AIIMS said, "We are planning to file a contempt application against the Health Ministry for not disbursing the salary in spite of the Supreme Court's order. For the past two weeks we have been waiting for our salary but it seems that the Centre has made up its mind to delay the matter for as long as they can."

The resident doctors have even blamed the registrar for being inactive in the whole matter. Reacting to the registrar's comment, a resident doctor said, "If Dr Gupta has not received the documents from the Centre then why does he not give the same in writing. Earlier the Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss had said that the ministry would pay salaries to the striking medicos only if the court directs them to do so and now when an order has been passed they are sitting silent over the matter."

The medicos had struck work against the Government's move to reserve additional seats for OBCs in institutes of higher learning. It was on the assurance of the SC that the doctors called off their strike.

08-07-2006, 09:32 PM

EC notice to Ramadoss on OoP petitionQUOTEThe Election Commission on Monday issued a notice to Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on a petition seeking his disqualification as MP on the charge of holding an office of profit.

The EC has forwarded the petition, referred by President APJ Abdul Kalam, to Ramadoss seeking his response by August 28, EC sources said.

Hahaha!!!!
Finally, Ramadoss will learn one lesson, Delhi is not Tamil Nadu.

08-13-2006, 12:37 AM

Salary issue: Docs file petition against Ramadoss
QUOTEThe Resident Doctors Association of AIIMS and Maulana Azad Medical College on Saturday filed a contempt petition against Union Health Minister Dr A Ramdoss and Union Health Secretary PK Hota for not complying with the Supreme Court order, dated July 17, directing the health ministry to release the pay of doctors who participated in the anti-reservation strike.
Ramdoss is moron. He had not learnt a single bit. What he will achieve sending is papa to Queen and harassing Doctors.

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