Gujarat appoints 4 senior doctors in Govt Medical Colleges hospitals
Ahmedabad: In a significant development, the Gujarat health department has appointed four senior doctors to key administrative positions in the state's medical colleges and hospitals on a temporary basis.
In Ahmedabad, Dr Meenakshi Parikh, who currently serves as the director of postgraduate (PG) studies at BJ Medical College, has been given the additional responsibility of dean. Alongside her, Dr Dharmesh Patel, a forensic medicine professor and the additional dean, will now take over as the PG director.
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In Vadodara, Dr R G Iyer, the dean of SSG Hospital, has been assigned the additional charge of the hospital’s medical superintendent. Similar interim arrangements are in place for the Paraplegia Institute and the Civil Hospital.
In a separate development, Dr Haribhai R Kataria, dean of the faculty of science at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of Shri Guru Gobind University in Godhra.
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