Punjab: Dr Avnish Kumar gets additional charge of Vice Chancellor of BFUHS
Faridkot: Days after the Punjab Chief Minister accepted the resignation of Dr Raj Bahadur who was the vice-chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, the state government gave the charge to Dr Avnish Kumar, director of research & medical education (DMER), Punjab on Sunday who has assumed temporary charge of vice-chancellor at the university.
The doctor has been given the additional charge of VC's post till a regular incumbent is posted. Before his posting as DMER, Dr Avinash worked as a physiology teacher at Government Rajindra Medical College and Hospital in Patiala, and as principal of the medical college. Dr Avinash has been the DMER for four years now.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the previous vice-chancellor, Dr Raj Bahadur had resigned after he was allegedly forced to lie on a dirty mattress at a hospital by the state's health minister during an inspection. The team had also reported that a video clip of the incident that circulated on social media, showed Jouramajra placing a hand on the veteran surgeon's shoulder as he pointed toward the "damaged and dirty condition" of the mattress inside the hospital's skin department.
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