AIIMS meet: Venugopal walks off
The tug of war between Health Minister A Ramadoss and AIIMS Director P Venugopal took yet another acrimonious turn on Wednesday, with the eminent cardiologist walking off without attending a meeting of the institute's Governing Body.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The tug of war between Health Minister A Ramadoss and AIIMS Director P Venugopal took yet another acrimonious turn on Wednesday, with the eminent cardiologist walking off without attending a meeting of the institute's Governing Body.
The Governing Body Meeting (GBM) in turn condemned him for not abiding by its decisions.
The meeting of the AIIMS Governing Body at Nirman Bhawan began amidst high drama as Venugopal arrived along with 15 faculty members and personal staff, insisting that they should also be allowed to attend the meet.
However, the security personnel said only those people whose names were present on a list of participants provided to them would be allowed to enter the meeting chaired by Ramadoss, who is also the AIIMS President.
Venugopal was, however, adamant that the people accompanying him should be allowed into the meeting as they headed various committees at AIIMS and would respond to the various queries of the governing body. After waiting for around 20 minutes, Venugopal went back.
The GBM, which proceeded in the absence of Venugopal, condemned him for "insubordination, indiscipline and disobedience".
The 11-member Governing Body was of the opinion that the violation of its decisions was highly irregular, amounting to insubordination, indiscipline and disobedience and not expected of a public servant, particularly of a person holding such a high office, said Congress MP R K Dhawan, who is one of the members.
The Governing Body Meeting (GBM) in turn condemned him for not abiding by its decisions.
The meeting of the AIIMS Governing Body at Nirman Bhawan began amidst high drama as Venugopal arrived along with 15 faculty members and personal staff, insisting that they should also be allowed to attend the meet.
However, the security personnel said only those people whose names were present on a list of participants provided to them would be allowed to enter the meeting chaired by Ramadoss, who is also the AIIMS President.
Venugopal was, however, adamant that the people accompanying him should be allowed into the meeting as they headed various committees at AIIMS and would respond to the various queries of the governing body. After waiting for around 20 minutes, Venugopal went back.
The GBM, which proceeded in the absence of Venugopal, condemned him for "insubordination, indiscipline and disobedience".
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The 11-member Governing Body was of the opinion that the violation of its decisions was highly irregular, amounting to insubordination, indiscipline and disobedience and not expected of a public servant, particularly of a person holding such a high office, said Congress MP R K Dhawan, who is one of the members.
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