Don't Bring Gifts, Greetings to my Office: AIIMS director releases Stern directive ahead of Diwali
In an office memorandum, Dr Srinivas noted that representatives of many vendors, contractors and agencies associated or wanting to be associated with AIIMS are trying to meet him to extend festive greetings with gifts, sweets and bouquets.
New Delhi: Ahead of Diwali, the newly appointed director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi director Dr M Srinivas Thursday issued a stern directive that contractors and agencies who seek to profit from association with the medical institute should not be allowed into his office with gifts.
In an office memorandum, Dr Srinivas noted that representatives of many vendors, contractors, and agencies associated with or wanting to be associated with AIIMS are trying to meet him to extend festive greetings with gifts, sweets and bouquets.
''I do not accept gifts or greetings from such people. Accordingly, the Security Department and Administrative Staff posted in the office of the undersigned (Director AIIMS) are requested to not allow any such visitors into office,'' the office memorandum stated.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about the ordering of a major crackdown on the touts of various private organizations including labs, hospitals, device manufacturers, pharma, etc, the newly appointed AIIMS director had issued a strict directive barring the entry of unidentified individuals, vendors and agents from its campus. AIIMS Director issued a circular asking all doctors and medical staff to immediately report on such elements.
"All the doctors, nurses, and staff members are hereby instructed that even on the slightest suspicion of the presence of any unauthorized or unidentified person in the campus or around the departments or areas of the campus be immediately reported to the special WhatsApp number 935-502-3969. The security staff shall ensure that all such persons are handed over to the AIIMS Police outpost for trespassing and exploiting patients," the circular issued by Dr M Srinivas reads.
Dr. Srinivas said that these unidentified or unauthorized individuals belong to certain private hospitals, companies, laboratories, radiology centres, etc.
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