07-06-2006, 01:45 AM
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<b>Ramadoss aims to kill AIIMS</b> ---- It is disingenuous of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss to seek legitimacy for his outrageous move to sack the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences director P Venugopal by describing an act of brazen political vendetta as the 'recommendation' of the premier healthcare facility's Institute Body. While it is true that the Institute Body, which met on Wednesday, has ratified the resolution to terminate the services of Dr Venugopal, it does not mitigate the fact that <b>Mr Ramadoss piloted the entire exercise with the ulterior motive of humiliating the director and forcing him out of office</b>. <b>Ever since he was appointed Health Minister, Mr Ramadoss has plotted with single-minded determination the smash-and-grab of AIIMS, unmindful of its autonomy and in violation of all rules and regulations.</b> Not known as a politician who values scruples or maintains probity in public life, Mr Ramadoss, by virtue of being the president of AIIMS - a post which he holds despite being debarred by existing rules - has been gunning for Dr Venugopal for some time now. With the help of his factotum, a small time policeman now ensconced in AIIMS as the Minister's officer on special duty, he has slyly reversed Dr Venugopal's orders, interfered in the administration of AIIMS, and thumbed his nose at those who dared to oppose him. Among India's most celebrated cardio-thoracic surgeons, Dr Venugopal has ostensibly committed the crime of violating the code of conduct by speaking out against the Minister's interference. That, however, is not necessarily the reason that has resulted in the recommendation to remove him from office. <b>Mr Ramadoss, a practitioner of crude caste politics, is upset because he believes that Dr Venugopal instigated the strike by doctors and students against the UPA Government's disastrous reservation policy</b>.
The fallout of Wednesday's bogus meeting where the resolution to sack the director, moved by the Minister, was ratified, has been predictable. Faculty members have gone on a 24-hour strike; junior doctors and students have walked out of wards and classrooms; and, the Indian Medical Association has roundly denounced Mr Ramadoss for undermining the autonomy of AIIMS. The BJP, whose deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Mr VK Malhotra, along with two other members of the Institute Body opposed the resolution, has decided to take up the issue in the coming Monsoon Session of Parliament. Mr Ramadoss may have the support of what he described during Wednesday's meeting as "the highest authority" for his diabolical ploy to gain control over AIIMS - and the institute's huge budget - but that is unlikely to spare him and the UPA Government from criticism and castigation. Indeed, it makes little sense for the Congress to distance itself from the shameful manner in which Dr Venugopal has been humiliated and the autonomy of AIIMS subverted. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In a sense, the nation has begun to pay the price for the Congress-led regime's caste politics and contempt for the rulebook. Can the situation be retrieved? Yes, if the Prime Minister stands up against a Cabinet colleague who has fetched nothing but disrepute and dishonour to the Government.</span> Those who are less optimistic will say that it is futile to expect the Prime Minister to discover that his office accords him authority. Given the UPA's record, this is not an unfair comment.
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<b>Ramadoss aims to kill AIIMS, I hope that will make OBC vanniyar community Happy</b> <!--emo&
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The Pioneer Edit Desk
<b>Ramadoss aims to kill AIIMS</b> ---- It is disingenuous of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss to seek legitimacy for his outrageous move to sack the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences director P Venugopal by describing an act of brazen political vendetta as the 'recommendation' of the premier healthcare facility's Institute Body. While it is true that the Institute Body, which met on Wednesday, has ratified the resolution to terminate the services of Dr Venugopal, it does not mitigate the fact that <b>Mr Ramadoss piloted the entire exercise with the ulterior motive of humiliating the director and forcing him out of office</b>. <b>Ever since he was appointed Health Minister, Mr Ramadoss has plotted with single-minded determination the smash-and-grab of AIIMS, unmindful of its autonomy and in violation of all rules and regulations.</b> Not known as a politician who values scruples or maintains probity in public life, Mr Ramadoss, by virtue of being the president of AIIMS - a post which he holds despite being debarred by existing rules - has been gunning for Dr Venugopal for some time now. With the help of his factotum, a small time policeman now ensconced in AIIMS as the Minister's officer on special duty, he has slyly reversed Dr Venugopal's orders, interfered in the administration of AIIMS, and thumbed his nose at those who dared to oppose him. Among India's most celebrated cardio-thoracic surgeons, Dr Venugopal has ostensibly committed the crime of violating the code of conduct by speaking out against the Minister's interference. That, however, is not necessarily the reason that has resulted in the recommendation to remove him from office. <b>Mr Ramadoss, a practitioner of crude caste politics, is upset because he believes that Dr Venugopal instigated the strike by doctors and students against the UPA Government's disastrous reservation policy</b>.
The fallout of Wednesday's bogus meeting where the resolution to sack the director, moved by the Minister, was ratified, has been predictable. Faculty members have gone on a 24-hour strike; junior doctors and students have walked out of wards and classrooms; and, the Indian Medical Association has roundly denounced Mr Ramadoss for undermining the autonomy of AIIMS. The BJP, whose deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Mr VK Malhotra, along with two other members of the Institute Body opposed the resolution, has decided to take up the issue in the coming Monsoon Session of Parliament. Mr Ramadoss may have the support of what he described during Wednesday's meeting as "the highest authority" for his diabolical ploy to gain control over AIIMS - and the institute's huge budget - but that is unlikely to spare him and the UPA Government from criticism and castigation. Indeed, it makes little sense for the Congress to distance itself from the shameful manner in which Dr Venugopal has been humiliated and the autonomy of AIIMS subverted. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In a sense, the nation has begun to pay the price for the Congress-led regime's caste politics and contempt for the rulebook. Can the situation be retrieved? Yes, if the Prime Minister stands up against a Cabinet colleague who has fetched nothing but disrepute and dishonour to the Government.</span> Those who are less optimistic will say that it is futile to expect the Prime Minister to discover that his office accords him authority. Given the UPA's record, this is not an unfair comment.
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<b>Ramadoss aims to kill AIIMS, I hope that will make OBC vanniyar community Happy</b> <!--emo&
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