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Striking medicos form JDA
THE MUCH-AWAITED meeting between GSVM Medical College administration and office-bearers of newly-constituted Junior Doctors Association (JDA) ended here on Thursday with some assurances from the administration.
THE MUCH-AWAITED meeting between GSVM Medical College administration and office-bearers of newly-constituted Junior Doctors Association (JDA) ended here on Thursday with some assurances from the administration.
The meeting lasted for an hour and all department heads including college principal Dr SK Katiyar were present. Today’s meeting was held to discuss the recognition of JDA and the ongoing strike issue. On Wednesday night, the medicos constituted their association.
Interestingly, in the middle of the meeting, Dr Katiyar said, “We are planning to launch ‘Critical Care post-graduate course’ in the near future to ensure that quality medicos pass out from our college.” The delegates got distracted in the meeting and started discussing about development of college and comparison of the college with other medical colleges of the state.
Nearly, 30 PG students along with newly-elected JDA president Kamta Prasad and general secretary Vimal Bharadwaj entered the principal’s office around 1.30 pm today. Soon after the meeting, the principal asked the students that their demand for compensation to the January 15 victims should be decided on the basis of gravity of injuries. He also asked the medicos, “Why did you make this demand on Day 2 of the strike instead of Day 1.”
Earlier, college principal acted like an adept administrator gave medicos some valuable tips during the meeting. Dr Katiyar said, “It is once in a blue moon that you are getting sympathy of people and the local administration don’t let it slip out of the hand.” He also advised the delegates to reduce the communication gulf between the college administration and the medicos. “I want know the information about various activities of the college from you people, not from the media,” said Dr Katiyar.
Some department heads also expressed their views in the meeting and said the acts of PTS jawans were deplored by every section of the society. When students put up their views of closing the indoor activities in the associate hospitals, some department heads advised them that by doing so they could spoil their image.
