CBI searches Pondy medical college
Complaints Of Corruption In Purchase Of Instruments
Bosco.Dominique @timesgroup.com
Puducherry: A seven-member CBI team conducted a search at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Postgraduate Institute in the Union territory of Puducherry on Friday following allegation of malpractice in the admission of students under Non-Resident Indian quota among others.
The investigation agency also received complaints of corruption in the purchase of sophisticated expensive equipment, besides in recruitment of paramedical staff members in the hospital. The team, which reached Puducherry on Friday morning, conducted search operations until late in the evening. They searched the establishment wing of the government medical college and also the chamber of senior officials and reportedly seized some documents.
Some forums in Puducherry had lodged complaints with the investigation agency alleging that the society that manages the government medical college hospital denied seats to meritorious NRI students and offered seats to undeserving students, but belonging to the same category, and who remitted the fees in Indian currencies, thereby violating the rules and regulations. The forums also accused the society of indulging in corrupt practices while purchasing expensive equipment and in recruiting paramedical staff members and workers.
It might be recalled that in March, three patients – Suseela, 73, Amsa, 55 and Ganesan, 50 – all hailing from Puducherry, who were undergoing dialysis at the government medical college hospital, died following a sudden power outage. The issue rocked the territory with several forums accusing the society of purchasing substandard equipment, laboratory reagents and accessories and engaging untrained staff members to extend life-saving treatment procedures.
The investigation agency had earlier searched the premises of deemed universities and private medical colleges and seized several incriminating documents in September. The agency registered cases against six government officials and seven representatives of the deemed universities and private medical colleges on charges of denying postgraduate medical seats to 93 eligible students selected through the Centralized Admission Committee (Centac) and illegally admitting 96 ineligible students, who were not allotted seats by Centac.
However, 12 of the booked moved the Madras high court and got a stay on the investigation. The court also later granted anticipatory bail to all the 13 booked by the investigation agency. A couple of days ago, the Medical Council of India (MCI) directed the Puducherry government and three private medical colleges in the Union territory of Puducherry to discharge (remove from the rolls of the institution) 161students, who have been admitted to MBBS course for the academic year 2017-18 violating the regulations.
Complaints Of Corruption In Purchase Of Instruments
Bosco.Dominique @timesgroup.com
Puducherry: A seven-member CBI team conducted a search at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Postgraduate Institute in the Union territory of Puducherry on Friday following allegation of malpractice in the admission of students under Non-Resident Indian quota among others.
The investigation agency also received complaints of corruption in the purchase of sophisticated expensive equipment, besides in recruitment of paramedical staff members in the hospital. The team, which reached Puducherry on Friday morning, conducted search operations until late in the evening. They searched the establishment wing of the government medical college and also the chamber of senior officials and reportedly seized some documents.
Some forums in Puducherry had lodged complaints with the investigation agency alleging that the society that manages the government medical college hospital denied seats to meritorious NRI students and offered seats to undeserving students, but belonging to the same category, and who remitted the fees in Indian currencies, thereby violating the rules and regulations. The forums also accused the society of indulging in corrupt practices while purchasing expensive equipment and in recruiting paramedical staff members and workers.
It might be recalled that in March, three patients – Suseela, 73, Amsa, 55 and Ganesan, 50 – all hailing from Puducherry, who were undergoing dialysis at the government medical college hospital, died following a sudden power outage. The issue rocked the territory with several forums accusing the society of purchasing substandard equipment, laboratory reagents and accessories and engaging untrained staff members to extend life-saving treatment procedures.
The investigation agency had earlier searched the premises of deemed universities and private medical colleges and seized several incriminating documents in September. The agency registered cases against six government officials and seven representatives of the deemed universities and private medical colleges on charges of denying postgraduate medical seats to 93 eligible students selected through the Centralized Admission Committee (Centac) and illegally admitting 96 ineligible students, who were not allotted seats by Centac.
However, 12 of the booked moved the Madras high court and got a stay on the investigation. The court also later granted anticipatory bail to all the 13 booked by the investigation agency. A couple of days ago, the Medical Council of India (MCI) directed the Puducherry government and three private medical colleges in the Union territory of Puducherry to discharge (remove from the rolls of the institution) 161students, who have been admitted to MBBS course for the academic year 2017-18 violating the regulations.
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