New Delhi: MAMC faculty protests, to meet Health Minister on 17th June

A further email from the health department on 8th June 2016 directed,

The office of Honourable Minister of Health is to be established in Room 1 of the Administrative Block at the earliest. The other officers/officials presently occupying Room No 2 to 17 are to be shifted to the ground floor of the Orthopaedic Block. Furthermore, Orthopaedic Block of the Hospital is to be named as Emergency and Trauma Block

Then Came another letter on 9th June, 2016,( from CPA) reiterating the issue of offices of CPA/Delhi Healthcare corporation and asking that the space along with the keys may be immediately handed over to the CPA/ DHC.

The faculty association of MAMC, immediately reacted to the said directions calling them an attempt to decapitate an 80+ year old glorious institution.

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"It was resolved further that should the government machinery continue in the sinister plan to decapitate MAMC and Associated institutions in this manner, the affected groups would be constrained to consider escalating their protest by any and all means available to them," said Dr Ajay Gupta, Director Professor in the Dept of Orthopaedics and Dr S V Singh, Director Professor, the dept of Preventive and Social Medicine who are also heading the faculty association in a letter to the Health Minister.

With the strong opposition from the faculty as well as the alumni of the college, Additional Secy Health, was seen sending a clarification on the 11th June, 2016 that the relocation does not imply any form of interference in the day to day functioning of the hospital ,yet the faculty members seemed still unconsolable. " If this is so, pass an official order to this effect, and come out in the open and say it," said a faculty member, pointing out that the clarification came through a personal mail rather than an official one.

The Association last week had written to Delhi's Lt Governor threatening to seek en-masse repatriation to Central Health Services (CHS) cadre if the Delhi government did not roll back its decision to take over the medical superintendent's office located in the administrative block to make way for offices of the health minister and other senior officials.

The association representatives have now decided that a delegation would meet Jain on Friday 17 since "it was felt that the Hon'ble Minister is unaware of the true facts and is being misguided by some advisors in the matter."