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For the patients visiting All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), an end of the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) three-day-old strike, demanding immediate issuance of degree certificates, is no doubt a major relief. However, given that Anbumani Ramadoss continues to be the Health Minister and President of AIIMS, the relief is bound to be temporary in nature. For, the Minister’s earlier belligerent stance towards the Institute’s Director P Venugopal and his penchant for interfering in the normal functioning of the Institute remain unchanged. A case in point is the Minister’s refusal to sign the degree certificates, a demand put forward by the agitating medical students. The flimsy ground for refusal to sign the document cited by the Minister, that the signature on the certificates of Registrar Dr Sandeep Aggarwal, whose appointment he contended was illegal, is sufficient proof of his indifference to the plight of the young doctors who had no degrees to apply for a job.
The fact that Delhi High Court ruled in favor of the Director of AIIMS in the dispute could not have calmed an already bitter Ramadoss. Never mind that the Mandal II Minister has all along remained an unwelcome mention in the affairs of AIIMS. The recalcitrant Minister’s warning to the striking doctors that they will face suspension if they did not immediately call off the strike, without addressing their main concern of degrees, amply describes the priorities of Anbumani Ramadoss. The Delhi High Court’s intervention in the matter and asking the Centre to take immediate action to resolve the AIIMS crisis, when there is a minister occupying a lucrative portfolio for the job, should be a wake up call for the Government.
The fact that the resident doctors ended their strike on a promise of immediate issuance of their degree certificates by AIIMS administration, albeit minus the Minister’s signature, should have pleased the Minister as it had taken the initiative to solve a problem that was solely in his domain. Instead, the Minister chose to place his ego above the careers of the affected doctors and the problems of AIIMS, whose President he happens to be. The AIIMS administration has rightfully prepared and issued certificates of 49 pass-outs who needed the documents urgently. That the documents bear the signatures of the institute director and the dean, should bother Anbumani Ramadoss less than the plight of patients visiting AIIMS and negative impact on the careers of young medical pass outs, by his senseless and obtrusive refusal to sign them.
For the patients visiting All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), an end of the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) three-day-old strike, demanding immediate issuance of degree certificates, is no doubt a major relief. However, given that Anbumani Ramadoss continues to be the Health Minister and President of AIIMS, the relief is bound to be temporary in nature. For, the Minister’s earlier belligerent stance towards the Institute’s Director P Venugopal and his penchant for interfering in the normal functioning of the Institute remain unchanged. A case in point is the Minister’s refusal to sign the degree certificates, a demand put forward by the agitating medical students. The flimsy ground for refusal to sign the document cited by the Minister, that the signature on the certificates of Registrar Dr Sandeep Aggarwal, whose appointment he contended was illegal, is sufficient proof of his indifference to the plight of the young doctors who had no degrees to apply for a job.
The fact that Delhi High Court ruled in favor of the Director of AIIMS in the dispute could not have calmed an already bitter Ramadoss. Never mind that the Mandal II Minister has all along remained an unwelcome mention in the affairs of AIIMS. The recalcitrant Minister’s warning to the striking doctors that they will face suspension if they did not immediately call off the strike, without addressing their main concern of degrees, amply describes the priorities of Anbumani Ramadoss. The Delhi High Court’s intervention in the matter and asking the Centre to take immediate action to resolve the AIIMS crisis, when there is a minister occupying a lucrative portfolio for the job, should be a wake up call for the Government.
The fact that the resident doctors ended their strike on a promise of immediate issuance of their degree certificates by AIIMS administration, albeit minus the Minister’s signature, should have pleased the Minister as it had taken the initiative to solve a problem that was solely in his domain. Instead, the Minister chose to place his ego above the careers of the affected doctors and the problems of AIIMS, whose President he happens to be. The AIIMS administration has rightfully prepared and issued certificates of 49 pass-outs who needed the documents urgently. That the documents bear the signatures of the institute director and the dean, should bother Anbumani Ramadoss less than the plight of patients visiting AIIMS and negative impact on the careers of young medical pass outs, by his senseless and obtrusive refusal to sign them.
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