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The world artifact of AIIMS Rajkot. (Express/Brendan Dabhi)
The Union Health Ministry has prematurely terminated the tenure of AIIMS Rajkot enforcement manager Prof (Colonel) Chandan Dev Singh Katoch, who had claimed that helium had resigned from the station successful October past year, with “immediate effect from January 7” and has invited applications to capable the post, The Indian Express has learnt.
Notably, Katoch had gone connected “long leave” astir the clip of Diwali claiming that helium had resigned citing “health and idiosyncratic reasons”. “…I person enactment up my resignation 2 months agone owed to wellness and idiosyncratic reasons. Pending the result of my resignation, I americium proceeding connected agelong leave, which has been sanctioned now,” Prof Katoch had shared successful a substance connection connected an interior WhatsApp radical of the module members of AIIMS Rajkot connected November 3.
Soon, AIIMS Jodhpur enforcement manager Dr Govardhan Dutt Puri was fixed the further complaint of AIIMS Rajkot from October 31. He declined to respond to queries.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the connection of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for premature termination of tenure of Prof (Colonel) Chandan Dev Singh Katoch from the station of Executive Director, AIIMS Rajkot, with contiguous effect from January 7,” an authoritative bid from Section IV of Union wellness ministry’s Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), which handles each quality resources affairs related to AIIMS, stated connected January 13.
The bid further states, “AIIMS Rajkot is directed to instrumentality further indispensable enactment and nonstop a compliance study to the MoHFW (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) by contiguous positively… Issued with the support of HFM (health and household payment minister).” Days aboriginal connected Friday, PMSSY released a recruitment advertisement for the post, it has been learnt.
With the development, each apical posts, including that of a full-time Executive Director, President, Deputy Director (Admin) arsenic good arsenic an Administrative Officer, astatine AIIMS Rajkot are lying vacant. The president’s station fell vacant aft erstwhile Union wellness curate Dr Vallabh Kathiriya resigned wrong a week of his assignment successful August 2023.
Dr Puri continues to clasp the further complaint astatine AIIMS Rajkot. While Associate Professor Dr Kuldeep GB holds the further complaint of Deputy Director (Admin) from September 4, 2024, the station of Administrative Officer has been vacant since October 14 past year.
Attempts to scope retired to PMSSY Section IV Joint Director Dinesh Kumar and Under Secretary Arun Kumar Biswas, who signed the termination order, did not elicit a response. Calls and substance messages to Prof Katoch besides stay unanswered.
Meanwhile, AIIMS Rajkot PRO Dr Utsav Parekh replied saying an email from The Indian Express was forwarded to the infirmary administration. “We person to inactive cheque the facts,” incharge Deputy Director (Administration) Associate Professor Dr Kuldeep GB said connected Friday. After a hold of much than a twelvemonth and a half, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the archetypal 250 beds of the Indoor Patient Department (IPD) astatine AIIMS Rajkot connected February 25 past year.
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