Dr Vinayak Kale, Dean, B J Authorities Medical Faculty and Sassoon Common Hospital, on Wednesday mentioned he had no function to play within the appointment of Dr Ajay Taware as medical superintendent on the hospital. “I’ve adopted directions of our medical training minister,” Dr Kale mentioned at a press convention within the night earlier than the Dean was requested by the federal government to proceed on depart.
Whereas Dr Kale gave particulars of the actions taken by him as Dean of B J Authorities Medical Faculty within the Pune Porsche automotive case, he denied any involvement in appointing the controversial Dr Taware as medical superintendent. It could be recalled that Dr Taware’s identify has been cropping up in numerous controversies together with within the alleged malpractice within the kidney transplant process a number of years in the past and lately when he was faraway from the submit in April this yr over the rat-bite incident case.
Dr Taware was medical superintendent for practically 8 years. He was requested to step down from the submit in 2022 following the alleged kidney malpractice case. He went again to the forensic division the place he’s the Professor and Head. Prior to now two years, no less than 5 medical superintendents have taken cost. After Dr Kale took cost, a call was taken to reinstate Dr Taware as medical superintendent.
When Dr Kale was requested in regards to the appointment, particularly as Dr Taware faces numerous allegations, he mentioned (with out mentioning the identify of Hasan Mushrif) that he had solely obeyed the directions of State Medical Training Minister.
“There may be already a letter that has been floating on social media associated to the problem,” Dr Kale added. Nevertheless, when reporters repeatedly requested which MLA had submitted the letter that had suggestions from the State Medical Training Minister to nominate Dr Taware as medical superintendent, Dr Kale mentioned it was Sunil Tingre (Vadgaon Sheri MLA).
He additionally denied that norms of Nationwide Medical Fee had been flouted concerning the appointment. “As per the norms, the medical superintendent must be on the stage of a Professor and at the moment Dr Kiran Kumar Jadhav who held cost was affiliate professor,” Dr Kale mentioned. “Therefore, primarily based on what our minister really helpful, I issued an govt order as Dean to nominate Dr Taware,” Kale mentioned, and hit again at reporters for repeatedly asking the identical query. On being requested about Hasan Mushrif’s function, Kale snapped and mentioned, “He has made his comment. Now why are you asking the identical query time and again,” he mentioned.
‘I used to be not conscious of particulars of the case until Might 27’
Dr Kale mentioned he was not conscious of any particulars of the case until the morning of Might 27 when he was knowledgeable that Dr Taware and Dr Halnor have been arrested. “I received the letter from police about prices associated to alleged blood pattern tampering and instantly I requested my workforce to test the matter and submit a written response which has been despatched to the federal government. The federal government additionally arrange a committee that has undertaken an in depth investigation,” Dr Kale mentioned, including he needed to deal with round 30 departments on the faculty.
“There are in a position professors and staffers and casualty medical officers are being monitored by the medical superintendent and deputy medical superintendent who’re necessary officers,” he mentioned, when reporters requested him about proudly owning ethical duty for the motion. “Managing an establishment is workforce work. I’m a really trustworthy and honest officer and work on the establishment from 9 am until 9 pm, transferring round within the casualty and monitoring the state of affairs. Sadly such incidents do happen,” Dr Kale added. Dr Kale, nevertheless, refused to reply to the barrage of questions and walked out of the press convention.
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