09-29-2006, 08:42 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>For Ramadoss, autonomy means bondage </b>
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Praveen Kumar | New Delhi
After battering AIIMS, Minister eyes JIPMER
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss's proposal to grant autonomy to the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry is seen as a political move by the Minister to stamp his control over the premier institutes in India.
The Faculty of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has criticised the Government's move to alter the status and administrative set up of JIPMER. According to doctors at AIIMS, the autonomy is only a tool used by the political establishment and the bureaucracy to protect and promote their own interests. Â
The proposal approved by the Union Cabinet on September 7, intends to convert JIPMER into an autonomous institution through an Act of Parliament with a view to bringing it on par with two similar institutions such as AIIMS and the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.
<b>The step has attracted immediate response from doctors in Pondicherry and Delhi. The Faculty at AIIMS are deliberating on the issue and are in a process of preparing a resolution to express its stand on the episode.</b>
A senior faculty member of AIIMS said, "Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss wants to have control over all the important organisations and institutions with ulterior motives. Whereas AIIMS is fighting to retain its autonomy which is being eroded by repeated interference of the Minister, he wants to control JIPMER under the garb of autonomy so that the control comes under the Ministry. In the light of recent statement by <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>S Ramadoss, father of the Health Minister that after five years, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu would be Anbumani Ramadoss,</span> it can be understood that the father-son duo is trying to dent the political environment in the State through these moves. Even within the existing arrangement, the Government could provide funds to improve its infrastructure. <b>"The JIPMER employees are on a strike following the Government decision, confirmed institute director KSVK Subba Rao from Pondicherry.</b>
"What is this government trying to prove? At one stage they are opposing the autonomy of AIIMS and now they are supporting the autonomy of JIPMER.
The Centre's move would only lead to frequent political interferences and reduce JIPMER to a centre of political power play," said another senior doctor at AIIMS.
JIPMER, is an attached and subordinate office of the Director-General of Health Services [DGHS], where the Health Ministry has a very little role to play. For every major work - be it a construction/expansion of hospital buildings or residential quarters, renovation of wards, creation and filling up of Group "A" and "B" posts, the prior sanction and approval of the DGHS is required. The irony is that AIIMS is being projected as the role model for JIPMER at a time when the Delhi-based institute's reputation has reached its rock bottom, thanks to Minister's repeated interference.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Pioneer.com
Praveen Kumar | New Delhi
After battering AIIMS, Minister eyes JIPMER
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss's proposal to grant autonomy to the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry is seen as a political move by the Minister to stamp his control over the premier institutes in India.
The Faculty of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has criticised the Government's move to alter the status and administrative set up of JIPMER. According to doctors at AIIMS, the autonomy is only a tool used by the political establishment and the bureaucracy to protect and promote their own interests. Â
The proposal approved by the Union Cabinet on September 7, intends to convert JIPMER into an autonomous institution through an Act of Parliament with a view to bringing it on par with two similar institutions such as AIIMS and the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh.
<b>The step has attracted immediate response from doctors in Pondicherry and Delhi. The Faculty at AIIMS are deliberating on the issue and are in a process of preparing a resolution to express its stand on the episode.</b>
A senior faculty member of AIIMS said, "Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss wants to have control over all the important organisations and institutions with ulterior motives. Whereas AIIMS is fighting to retain its autonomy which is being eroded by repeated interference of the Minister, he wants to control JIPMER under the garb of autonomy so that the control comes under the Ministry. In the light of recent statement by <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>S Ramadoss, father of the Health Minister that after five years, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu would be Anbumani Ramadoss,</span> it can be understood that the father-son duo is trying to dent the political environment in the State through these moves. Even within the existing arrangement, the Government could provide funds to improve its infrastructure. <b>"The JIPMER employees are on a strike following the Government decision, confirmed institute director KSVK Subba Rao from Pondicherry.</b>
"What is this government trying to prove? At one stage they are opposing the autonomy of AIIMS and now they are supporting the autonomy of JIPMER.
The Centre's move would only lead to frequent political interferences and reduce JIPMER to a centre of political power play," said another senior doctor at AIIMS.
JIPMER, is an attached and subordinate office of the Director-General of Health Services [DGHS], where the Health Ministry has a very little role to play. For every major work - be it a construction/expansion of hospital buildings or residential quarters, renovation of wards, creation and filling up of Group "A" and "B" posts, the prior sanction and approval of the DGHS is required. The irony is that AIIMS is being projected as the role model for JIPMER at a time when the Delhi-based institute's reputation has reached its rock bottom, thanks to Minister's repeated interference.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ramdoss with 6 MP is thinking to become CM. Lost his mind. <!--emo&
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