Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Who will 'discipline' the 'Undisciplined' in Sassoon Hospital?

Shameless have no shame nor dignity in Sassoon General
आपुन सर्वे निर्लज आणि इम्पोटेंट सरकारी कर्मचारी आहोत तुमाला लज्जा नाही
Enough has been written about the BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital in Pune. But even the 'choicest words' hurled at them makes no effect on the shameless and impotents in the administration. There cannot be a harsher word attributed to them then labelling them as 'Thick Skinned'.
Look at the scams, negligence, impotent attitude and shameless against them been leashed into the media, a daily affair now,never seen before.
Glance at the front page lead report in today's Loksatta (Wednesday, June 10) by Mustafa Attar, and also a four column report also in todays Pudhari alleging demand of bribe of Rs। 300 for issuing a age certificate. What more shameful exposure can be expected?
Repeatedly allegations of corruption is written in the newspapers and doing whispers in the corridors of the Sassoon General Hospital , that is taking place in the office of th Deputy Superintendent of the hospital, who does not have a good track record. Several doctors and Administrative Officers have advised the Dean of sending him back to his parent department the Public Health Department, to save embarrassment to the hospital and to halt the tarnishing of image of the hospital. Yet, the Dean, being acting as an 'impotent' being submissive dares not to take this step, fearing the Deputy Superintedent.
This raises several questions as to whether the DMER, the Medical Education Department and the Minister are so helpless that they dont have the guts to usher in discipline and tame this Deputy Medical Superitendent who has been hauled even by the Information Commission for giving misleading information to a RTI activist cum journalist of international fame.
The whole doctors community, patients, the media and even ministers are pleading that Dr. DD Shetty should withdraw his VRS, else the hospital will suffer immensely further. What has the Dean and others done to pursue this patient friendly doctor from withdrawing his VRS? None. All are interested in milking money through illegal means, i.e. corruption and scams.
The skeltons have started falling from the cupboard now, scams are coming out in various deals in the hospital. The scam in coffin cupboards of Forensic Medical Department, where cabinets tendered by a renowned Blue Star company was supplied by a Delhi firm as Blu Star. The illegal one floor huge office of the Sofosh, the illegal occupation of accommodation in the premises without government permission by the BJMC Consumer Credit Society, the scam in the PLA funds worth crores, the demolition of old heritage place without prior approval of the Heritage committe of the PMC - the list is endless. So, it is rightly felt that the Dean is responsible for all this situation and should gracefully make his exit rather than be forced to be held guilty in an inquiry and be prosecuted.
The Secretay of the MED and the director of the DMER should also ensure the early exit of the Deputy Superintendent who is caught in the web or alleged corruption. He should not be allowed to stay for a minute more.
The agents and the peon of the Deputy Superintendent, one Balu, the hanky panky man of the Deputy Superintendent should be removed without delay. The office corridors of the Deputy Superintendent which is crowded with agents and employees who are meant to be in their jobs, should be cleared too.
In the given sitaution, its time that the government takes drastic action to clean the mess and send the Dean and the Deputy Superintendent out of the hospital and BJ Medical College, if at all discipline and scams have to be stopped further and the image of the hospital kept intact.
As this blogger, a well wisher of the hospital and BJMC, had repeatedly said, now or never. Its a wake up call. The NCP ministers in the government should also know that the late events about the NCP in the media is not welcomed by the people, and so it would make things more worst during the Assembly polls to be held shortly, in October.
The Chief Minister Ashok Chavan should set up a high level probe panel to look into all the scams and corruption prevailing in the hospital and college।
Now please read the following news item. It reflects how efficient Dean and other administrative officials are there in the hospital and college, particularly the Dean, Dr. Arun Jamkar, who has been glued to his seat here for the past 29 years, throwing to winds the Anna Hazare proposed and adopted law on transfers.
ऐतिहासिक इमारतीच्या शताब्दीचा ससून प्रशासनाला विसर!

ऐतिहासिक इमारतीच्या शताब्दीचा ससून प्रशासनाला विसर!पुतळ्यावरील धूळ हटलीमुस्तफा आतारपुणे, ९ जून
ससून रुग्णालयाच्या उभारणीमध्ये सिंहाचा वाटा असणाऱ्या डेव्हिड ससून यांच्यासह जेकब ससून यांनी उभारलेल्या सध्याच्या बर्न विभागाच्या इमारतीला शंभर वर्षे पूर्ण होत असताना त्याचा महाविद्यालय व रुग्णालय प्रशासनास विसर पडला. एका ब्लॉगवर मात्र यासंदर्भात तीव्र नापसंती व्यक्त करण्यात आली असून ‘विस्मृतीत गेलेले अविस्मरणीय’ या शीर्षकाखाली या विसराळूपणाचे काहीच कसे वाटत नाही असा सवाल करीत यातून भारतीय मानसिकतेचे दर्शन जगभर घडविल्याची कडवट प्रतिक्रिया नोंदविण्यात आली आहे.
सध्याचे बर्न आणि कान, नाक आणि घसा हे ‘जेकब ससून रुग्णालय’ नावाच्या ऐतिहासिक इमारतीत हे विभाग आहेत. ही इमारत स्वत: जेकब ससून यांनी दोन लाख रुपये खर्चून बांधल्याची नोंद या इमारतीच्या प्रवेशद्वाराजवळ लावलेल्या फलकावर असून तेथेच वरच्या बाजूला जेकब यांचा अर्धपुतळा आहे. त्यांनी बांधलेल्या इमारतीच्या शताब्दी वर्षांत तेथील हा पुतळा आज दुपारी साडेबारापर्यंत धुळीने माखलेल्या अवस्थेत पाहायला मिळाला. मात्र, इमारतीच्या शताब्दीचे हे वर्ष असल्याचे लक्षात आलेल्या प्रशासनाने सावध पवित्रा घेत तातडीने कर्मचाऱ्यांद्वारे त्या पुतळ्यावरील धूळ हटविली आणि तेथील जागा स्वच्छ करण्याचा शहाणपणा दाखविला.
एका ब्लॉगवर जेकब ससून यांनी बांधलेल्या इमारतीच्या शताब्दीवर्षांचा महाविद्यालय व रुग्णालय प्रशासनास विसर पडला असल्याचे स्पष्ट केले आहे. ‘‘त्यावेळचे दोन लाख रुपये (आजचे वीस कोटी रुपये) खर्चून त्यांनी ही ऐतिहासिक समजली जाणारी इमारत बांधली. त्याबरोबरच कित्येक एकर जागा आणि इमारतीही त्यांनी बांधून या रुग्णालयास देऊ केल्या. जेकब ससून यांनी बांधलेल्या इमारतीच्या शताब्दीनिमित्ताने ‘विस्मृतीत गेलेले अविस्मरणीय जेकब’ यांची किमान आठवण तरी शासनाच्या वैद्यकीय शिक्षण खात्यासह रुग्णालय व महाविद्यालय प्रशासनाने ठेवणे आवश्यक होते. मात्र या इमारतीत असलेला त्यांचा पुतळ अंधारात तसेच तो धुळीने माखल्याचे पाहायला मिळते. त्यामुळे त्यांचा प्रशासनास साफ विसर पडला आहे,’’ असे स्पष्ट करीत ब्लॉगवर नाराजी व्यक्त करण्यात आली आहे. ससून यांनी बांधलेल्या इमारती व त्यांच्या कार्यास शताब्दी झाल्याने त्याचे जगभर कौतुक होत आहे. मात्र, भारतात त्याचा विसर पडल्याचे प्रशासनाकडून भारतीय मानसिक तेचे दर्शनच घडविण्यात आल्याचे यात म्हटले आहे. जेकब यांनी दिलेल्या योगदानाचे कौतुक म्हणून की काय वैद्यकीय शिक्षण खात्याचे सचिव डॉ. भूषण गगराणी आणि अधीष्ठाता डॉ. अरुण जामकर यांच्यासह प्रशासनही त्यांना विसरले की काय असा सवाल करण्यात येऊन त्याबाबत ब्लॉगमध्ये कडक शब्दात नापसंती व्यक्त केली आहे.
महाविद्यालयाचे अधीष्ठाता डॉ. अरुण जामकर यांच्याशी संपर्क साधून ‘लोकसत्ता’च्या प्रतिनिधीने ही वस्तुस्थिती निदर्शनास आणून दिली. त्यावर तातडीने त्यांनी पुतळ्यावरील धूळ हटवून तेथे स्वच्छता केली. त्यानंतर पुतळ्यास हार घालण्यात आल्याचे सांगितले. मात्र, शताब्दीनिमित्त काय करणार या विषयी विचारता ‘आम्ही रुग्णसेवेची शपथ घेतो’ या खेरीज अधिक बोलू शकले नाहीत.
Now its left to the 350 subscribers of this blog to think of the mess in Sassoon and BJ Medical College.
More revelations of the stink issues of the hospital soon, for sure.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Absoulately well said and correct. Shameless lot. The Congress-NCP government would fail to return in next Assembly polls if it does not act in time and gauge people's anger against such institutions.
Let's put the statue of such shameless officials of Sassoon right in front of the Railway Station area.