Dean AIIMS Bhopal quits


Dean, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal, Dr Kishore Choudhary has tendered his resignation on Wednesday. Less than seven months after joining AIIMS Bhopal, Dr Chaudhry quit citing frustration over procedural delays in purchase of equipment and construction of the institute building.

"I am quitting. Right from the start I had a short-term plan here but I never thought it would be so short," said Dr Chaudhry while talking to TOI.

Sources said that he had hinted at resignation in several meetings after being unable to procure equipment and facilities required to run a premier institute. He is learnt to resigned after the institute converted his job that was under contractual obligation to permanent without his consent. It did not go down well with the green card holder, who had left a good job in Los Angeles to join AIIMS Bhopal - his only choice during the selection.

Dr Choudhary's resignation is a major jolt to the premier institute that is already plagued with delay and is struggling to serve the first batch of 50 MBBS students. It has already postponed its plans to start the post-graduate programme. AIIMS is scheduled to start a 150-bedded hospital by July 2013, a target set by the union ministry of health and family welfare, which left many faculty members complaining given the current design of the hospital, said sources.

"Construction works needs to be speeded up, it's a major hindrance. We are developing the system but they are not complete. Unless a governing body comes up, we are not really autonomous. For each and everything we are dependent on the ministry," said Dr Chaudhry. AIIMS Bhopal has yet to begin construction of flats for 600-faculty which are to join in the next two years.

The construction of AIIMS Bhopal was revised to Rs 850 crore, up from an initial estimation of Rs 400 crore. "The start of 1000-bed hospital would take at least two years," he assumed.

Praising the faculty which makes up for the short comings, he said, "What we require is excellence in all the field of teaching, service and research. All of which is evolving. The infrastructure must look much better, aesthetics is pretty bad, said Dr Chaudhary, waving a final goodbye to the under construction institute.

Popular posts from this blog

PG Doctors of India must work not more than 48 Hr/week: SC

Image
As per the directives of the Honourable Supreme Court in its judgment dated,25.9.87, in writ petition No. 348-352 of 1985, all the State Governments, Medical Institutions and Universities are required to amend their rules and regulations to introduce a uniform residency scheme by 1993 “A uniform practice has to be evolved so that the discipline would be introduced. We accordingly allow the present arrangement to continue for a period of five yearsI.e. upto 1992 inclusive. For admission beginning from 1993 there would be only onepattern. All Universities and institutions shall take timely steps to bring about such amendments as may be necessary to bring statutes, regulations, and rules obtaining in their respective institutions in accord with this direction before the end of 1991 so that there may be no scope for raising of any dispute in regard to the matter.The uniform pattern has to be implemented for 1993. It is proper that one uniform system is brought into vogue throughout
Read more

Why DNB exam tougher than MS/MD exam?

Image
Guest article by Dr Kalyan R Kone   There were 6 people (accompanied by their relatives) sitting in the small waiting room outside the ward waiting for their call inside. They looked battered, tense and had such a depressed look in their eyes that even Shylock would have sympathized with them. They had cleared their DNB (Diplomate of National Board) theory exam and were making last minute preparations for their practical exam. If I were not told that they were all Doctors, I would have thought that they were all waiting for their turn to see a psychiatrist. Dr Kalyan R Kone Five out of six of those waiting doctors were appearing for the second or third time. In spite of that, they didn’t know what would be in store for them except one thing — only one or two would pass out of the six candidates. I thought for a moment that it was a good ploy by the NBE (National Board of Examination) to generate funds – after all, where would these poor guys go except appe
Read more