AIIMS Director asked explanation for going public

New Delhi, June 22: After setting up a three-member Committee to inquire into the functioning of AIIMS, the Health Ministry has served notice to its Director P Venugopal seeking explanation for going public on issues relating the functioning of the prestigious medical institute in the country.

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh early this week said the Health Secretary would do the follow up action.

Yesterday, Dr Ramdoss was scheduled to meet the faculty and students of the institute to explain the ministry's position in the stand off between the institution and the government. But just before the meeting, the minister decided to cancel it and announced that the meeting has been postponed by a fortnight.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's office clarified that there was no move on the part of the government to dilute the autonomy of AIIMS.

The three-member committee, headed by former Director of Sri Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences Veliatha and has Health Secretary P K Hota and the Director General of Health Services as its members would deliberate on how to strengthen AIIMS and put it to the use for the purpose it was conceptualised.

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