10-14-2006, 01:47 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>AIIMS faculty smells a rat </b>
Praveen Kumar | New Delhi
The agenda circulated for the institute body meeting of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on October 18 once again is aimed at cornering the Director of the institute, P Venugopal.
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has decided to re-consider the resolution (regarding the termination of P Venugopal) taken by the members of the institute body on September 5 this year and to have a fresh look at the functioning of AIIMS according to the Delhi High Court's directives on September 25.
Besides, the issues related to patient care services at AIIMS, situation due to dengue, discrimination and harassment of reserved category students and to consider the status of recent court cases and proceedings, are the prominent topics to be discussed at the meeting on October 18. Apart from this, any matter which would be considered essential with the permission of the Chairman can be discussed during the meeting.
Reacting to the agenda issued by the Health Ministry, a senior faculty member of AIIMS said, "He wants to make a personal issue against P Venugopal. To make allegations that the institute failed to take measures to control the dengue menace, it would be unfair for doctors, lab technicians, and nurses who are working round the clock so that the patients are examined and treated immediately. The Minister is just trying to politicise the thing by stressing one death. Once he appreciates the efforts of authorities and at the other time he is ready to pull them up for not taking efficient measures."
The faculty members are of the view that the meeting to be held on October 18 has been organised in order to justify the decision taken on September 5 against the Director. By saying that they want to have a fresh look on the entire matter, it is again clear that the Director would be made a scapegoat. The senior faculty members alleged that the Minister would also push the matter of retaining legal counsel of AIIMS Muktesh Gupta who, according to them, has been engaged in anti-AIIMS activities and in maligning the reputation of the Director. Even the standing parliamentary committee has criticised the way legal cases are being handled at AIIMS.
The faculty members also pointed out that the Minister by using Debashish Panda, Sanjay Kumar (Administrative Officer) and the OSD, DS Murthy, is trying to create cases of insubordination against Venugopal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Praveen Kumar | New Delhi
The agenda circulated for the institute body meeting of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on October 18 once again is aimed at cornering the Director of the institute, P Venugopal.
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has decided to re-consider the resolution (regarding the termination of P Venugopal) taken by the members of the institute body on September 5 this year and to have a fresh look at the functioning of AIIMS according to the Delhi High Court's directives on September 25.
Besides, the issues related to patient care services at AIIMS, situation due to dengue, discrimination and harassment of reserved category students and to consider the status of recent court cases and proceedings, are the prominent topics to be discussed at the meeting on October 18. Apart from this, any matter which would be considered essential with the permission of the Chairman can be discussed during the meeting.
Reacting to the agenda issued by the Health Ministry, a senior faculty member of AIIMS said, "He wants to make a personal issue against P Venugopal. To make allegations that the institute failed to take measures to control the dengue menace, it would be unfair for doctors, lab technicians, and nurses who are working round the clock so that the patients are examined and treated immediately. The Minister is just trying to politicise the thing by stressing one death. Once he appreciates the efforts of authorities and at the other time he is ready to pull them up for not taking efficient measures."
The faculty members are of the view that the meeting to be held on October 18 has been organised in order to justify the decision taken on September 5 against the Director. By saying that they want to have a fresh look on the entire matter, it is again clear that the Director would be made a scapegoat. The senior faculty members alleged that the Minister would also push the matter of retaining legal counsel of AIIMS Muktesh Gupta who, according to them, has been engaged in anti-AIIMS activities and in maligning the reputation of the Director. Even the standing parliamentary committee has criticised the way legal cases are being handled at AIIMS.
The faculty members also pointed out that the Minister by using Debashish Panda, Sanjay Kumar (Administrative Officer) and the OSD, DS Murthy, is trying to create cases of insubordination against Venugopal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->