AIIMS Opens counter for VIP Patients
New Delhi: The "VIPs" and the patients referred by the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Union Health Minister J P Nadda and “VIP references” from Members of Parliament can now escape long queues at AIIMS, with the hospital administration setting up a separate counter for such people.
The definition of VIPs, however, will be determined by the AIIMS Director, Deputy Director Administration (DDA), Medical Superintendent and Senior Financial Advisor besides the officer on special duty (OSD) to the Union Health Minister.
The move has drawn ire of the Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAIIMS) which saw it as the administration's "brazen attempt" to promote VIP culture in the premier institute.j
The practice was prevalent even before and was being dealt by the Media and Protocol division, but not in such an open manner, claimed a senior doctor at AIIMS.
"However, it came to the notice of the administration that there was an abuse of power as there were allegations of money being exchanged for expediting the registration of general patients in the division," the doctor alleged.
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