Rohtak PGIMS faculty oppose move to create common cadre

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, June 13

Faculty members and resident doctors serving at the Rohtak PGIMS have taken an exception to the Haryana Government’s move to club the services/administration of the state medical colleges and create a common cadre of faculty members.

Members of the medical fraternity have opposed the said proposal and have threatened to tender mass resignation if the state government goes ahead with its decision.

The faculty members of the Rohtak PGIMS, the premier medical institution of Haryana, have launched a signature campaign against the move and demanded an urgent general body meeting of the Haryana State Medical Teachers Association (HSMTA) to discuss the matter and chalk out their strategy in this regard.

“The government functionaries, instead of providing relief and support to Covid warriors, are scheming to disturb and harass them by bringing an arbitrary and unfair policy of clubbing the institute with other government medical colleges and opening up a Pandora’s box of pick-and-choose postings and transfers,” maintain the PGIMS teachers in a communique to the HSMTA.

The letter further maintains that the faculty of the PGIMS “is deeply hurt and resentful of this new development that will cause permanent disruption in their professional and personal lives as well as teaching, especially at the postgraduate level”.

“This is a draconian and unfair step and the HSMTA should take up the matter with the governmentto maintain status quoand avoid further issues,” assert the signatories, who include senior faculty members of the PGIMS.

HSMTA president, Dr RB Jain said the move was a big setback for the state’s medical fraternity and the faculty members of the PGIMS were so agitated at the government’s decision that they were planning to tender mass resignations. “We will discuss the matter with the teachers of all medical colleges across the state and take it up with the state government to get the concerns of the medical faculty addressed,” he said.