Sunday, June 20, 2010

Dean Hatao, Sassoon Bachao

ACTING DEAN HATAO, SASSOON BACHAO

Sorry for the break in the blog tenure, the culprit being my study vacation abroad since March. But many things had moved up and down during my break period. The situation in the BJ Medical College and in Sassoon General Hospital has gone from worse to worst under the guardianship of the Acting Dean (11 period contract) Dr. Arun Jamkar, who has not cleared the DPC or the MPSC interview but yet is saddled shamelessly to the post of the Dean. God knows why he is still thrust on to the staff and students for the past 30 years and why the government is so helpless and incompetent to retain him in Pune ONLY while kicking out those who had completed three years.

Why the government is avoiding to boot out Dr. Jamkar who has openly flouted the Maharashtra Government Servants Transfer Act. 2005 ushered in after great pains by renowned social activist Shri. Hazare. Who is the godfather that is protecting a incompetent person who has ruined the college and hospital and caused anguish and pains to several doctors and staff, whispered a senior professor.

It's a known fact that residents, doctors and staff are hostile to Dr. Jamkar. I learn't that some union workers held a protest demonstration in front of the Dean's chamber shouting slogan against Dr. Jamkar. The slogans were perhaps meaningful " Acting Dean ko Hatao, Sassoon Ko Bachao."

Whispers were also doing the rounds two days ago that a group of senior professors of the BJMC had called upon Shri. Anna Hazare and complained about Dr. Arun Jamkar and his long tenure. They also highlighted in depth the tenure of Dr. Arun Jamkar and his doctor wife in Pune and his short stint of three months at Kolhapur. The delegation also complained to Annaji that Dr. Jamkar was indulging in dirty politics and providing disinformation of professors who are his detractors and furnishing the same to the secretary Mr. Mhaiskar and the Director of DMEr Dr. Wasudeo Tayade who himself is said to be under cloud of suspicion of fudging his birth date to remain glued to his post while his his colleagues who were younger to him had retired.

Whispers were also doing the round that Dr. Jamkar boasts about his close proximity to the Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and had recently got his transfer cancelled to Nanded through the contacts of some doctors known to Dr. Nitin Kareer, the secretary to the Chief Minister. In a way Dr. Jamkar is gloating of his connections with the Chief Minister and thus exploiting the name of the Chief Minister to his advantage.

A resident doctor revealed that a Deputy Medical Superintendent of the Sassoon Hospital Dr. Pandurang Burute had dared on not only Dr. Jamkar but also the Director of DMER Dr. Tayade to deny him the acting Medical Superintendent post, when the Medical Superintendent Dr. Panduran Pawar had suffered a heart attack and was on leave. Dr. Burute rightly took on both Dr. Tayade and Dr. Jamkar heads on, and a few resident doctors who were present when Dr. Burute was speaking on phone to Dr. Tayade and Dr. Jamkar, that Dr. Burute not only abused both of them severelly, but also dared Dr. Jamkar to take any action to remove him from the acting Medical Superintendent post. "Dr. Burute abused Dr. Jamkar in the most vulgar langauge and filthiest foul language, that if there would have been any other person in place of Dr. Jamkar, he would have resigned immediately, instead of digesting such humilation and insult," said lecturer of medicine department.

Some professors and lecturers were gossiping in the corridors of the hospital, that Dr. Jamkar likes to invite trouble and then pass on the buck to the others. He plays dirty senseless politics, he tolerates all shame and insults, and uses others for his dirty work. Two administatrative officers who refused to toe the line of Dr. Jamkar, were reported by him to the Dr. Tayade, who was successful in transferring one of the administrative officers KT Sukase to Ambajogai, but then what Dr. Jamkar perhaps does not know that Sukase is a clever fox and has close proximity to powerful opposition party leaders, who may shake his chair.

A senior doctor said that Dr. Jamkar is in a trouble and problem, as MNS legislator Ram Wanjile from Khadakvasla constituency has come out in support of Sukase, and is rumored to have telephone Dr. Jamkar and abused him in the strongest way and warned that MNS volunteers would taint his face black if he does not amend his ways, the doctor said.

What appears that Dr. Jamkar is heading for more troubles. He is rumored to have gone out to favor SOFOSH, which has enroached on more land in the hospital than it was offered and have requested the land grant to be extended, and that Dr. Kareer is alleged to be pressing for it and Dr. Jamkar prepared to oblige. This news have gone to the activists, who are planning to move against Dr. Jamkar through the Governor and the politicians.

So, more trouble brewing for Dr. Jamkar and more problems which would put him in a catch-22 situation for sure. So, so little for now, but much more about Dr. Jamkar and his stupid adventures in the next blog. Till then, take care and keep reading and spreading about the blog.

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