Appointment of ABVP prez in AIIMS board draws flak

Appointment of ABVP prez in AIIMS board draws flak

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:29.10.2020

A notification issued by the Union ministry of health and family welfare appointing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) president and government Kilpauk Medical College head of surgical oncology Dr Shanmugam Subbiah as one of the board members of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Madurai, kicked up a storm in Tamil Nadu.

MPs Kanimozhi (DMK), D Ravikumar (VCK), Su Venkatesan (CPI) and B Manickam Tagore expressed their discontent over appointing Dr Subbiah, who was in news recently for “harassing” his woman neighbour in Chennai by throwing garbage and urinating at her doorstep. The Adambakkam police registered a case, but the complaint was withdrawn the next day. Kanimozhi tweeted: “Is this (appointment of Dr Subbiah) an endorsement of indecent behaviour and also an incentive for other BJP cadres to follow suit?”

The notification issued on October 15 by joint secretary Sunil Sharma said former ICMR director VM Katoch, who is currently president of JIPMER, has been appointed as the president of AIIMS, Madurai. TN Dr MGR Medical university VC chancellor Dr Sudha Seshayyan has been appointed as its member as per Clause (A) Section 4 of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act. Three others -- Director General of Health Service (ex-offico), Director of the Institute (ex-offico) and additional finance secretary and financial advisor to health department -- will be members under Clauses B, C and D respective