Mr. Chief Minister: Sassoon Hospital is really "Stinking" now
Sir, its the misfortune of the people of Pune to have a badly administered but the best hospital in Asia, the Sassoon General Hospital, clogged in the worst ever situation that prevails now. It's also the people's misfortune to have a highly corrupt and incompetent doctors at the helm of affairs. And the least said about the politicians, be it ministers, members of the legislature, council, members of parliament or even the local municipal councillors. No one is interested at the hell that has been prevailing here for number of years.
The regular media drubbing and vocal and harsh criticism of the hospital management has no impact on a inefficient, highly corrupt, arrogant, incompetent and shameless administration of the Sassoon General Hospital, which has the only 'glory' of being in the news for all wrong reasons, be it corruption, negligence, hordes of scams, illegal structures by private parties or issuing of age certificates at a premium.
Despite an Tranfer Act, which makes it manadatory for every official to be transferred every three years, this has been thrown to the winds. There are several doctors who refuse to leave and stay glued to their posts for several years. Ninety percent of the doctors have remain untransferred between 10 to 29 years, that include the present Dean Dr. Arun Jamkar. This exhibits how good a so-called "most progressive state of the country is Maharashtra," where the law is flouted with an blind eye.
Dr. Arun Jamkar has proved not to be a good administrator at all in the given sitatuation, where he is unable to reign in discipline and root out the 'open' corruption. He has failed miserably to take disciplinary action against those gound guilty, more out of fear. His biggest weakness is that he is incapable of taking a firm decision on any issue and has to depend on his incomptent advisors, that include an allegedly 'misfit' Chief Administrator Officer Bardare and Administration Officer KT Sukase. The most funny aspect is that Dr. Arun Jamkar does not even mind to take the advise of junior clerks.
Sir, do this hospital need such an incapable and joker kind of administrator as an Dean? Certainly not, would be the answer, but then still the biggest hospital of Asia has such people. And then it is whispered in the corridors of the hospital and BJ Medical College, that Dr. Jamkar boasts of your support as well as that of Dr. WB Tayday, the Director of DMER and more of the secretary medical education Dr. Gagrani. People laugh at him when he throws the names of such personalities.
Newspapers every day speak out of the corruption in the corridors of the Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr. PB Burute, about the agents and his lackeys crowding his office corridors. Employees of the hospital, who are his lackeys, are found missing from their job places and camping in the officer corridors of the Deputy Medical Superintendent. The Dean is aware of all the nefarious activities that take place here, but is helpless to root out the things from here. Why is he so incapable to act against the Deputy Medical Superintendent, who is alleged to be 'openly' corrupt? Why he is lacking in discipling him or recommending his return back to the Public Health Department.
Sir,God help the hospital, as there are rumors and whispers of a far greater corrupt medical superintendent coming in soon here to replace the existing medical superintendent. There are strong rumors that this medical superintendent, presently in a government hospital in Aundh is allegedly said to have paid more than Rs. 20 lakhs to get a posting at Sassoon. Just imagine, what performance he would do here then to recover the money he spent to get a posting in Sassoon General Hospital.
The medical education secretary Dr. Bhsuhan Gagrani, who showed intial great interest during the time of minister Mr. Dilip Walse Patil, today appears to have lost the interest, perhaps knowing that everything positive is futile over here.
The need of the day is for your personal interventation into the sad affairs that would ruin this hospital. People are already making noises in the columns of newspaper. And it should be borne in mind that the Assembly elections are not far away. A gross negligence would uproot the apple cart of the ruling party for sure. People cannot be taken for granted. If a govenrment fails to understand the health problems of the poor people, than nothng can save the ruling party from getting a drubbing at the polls.
In the overall interest of the people of Pune and that of the hospital, it is necessary that the Dean, the Deputy Medical Superintendent, the Chief Administrative Officer and the Administrative Officer are transferred and replaced by upright officials with clean image.
Jai Hind
Jai Maharashtra
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