Doctors demand early appointment
Srinagar, June 14 : As the committee for appointing director SKIMS has shortlisted four candidates for the top post, the doctors in the tertiary healthcare institute have appealed the Chief Minister of the state to expedite the process and finalise the candidate.
Doctors in SKIMS told KNS that the patientcare in the institute has suffered due to absence of a proper director.
Sources told KNS that the Committee has shortlisted three names for the job.
They were shortlisted by the committee among the 24 applicants after interview at Banquet Hall here.
They said that the file is pending before the chief minister to take a final call.
“The Institute is headless after superannuation of former Director on June 22. Since then there is no accountability of doctors, no purchases have been made for the institute,” the doctors told KNS.
They said that being a premier healthcare institute, SKIMS cannot afford to be headed by a temporary head.
“It is not an administrative department which can be run without a real director,” they said.
At present, Commissioner Secretary Dr Mandeep Bhandari, a senior IAS officer is heading the institute on temporary arrangement till the director is appointed.
However, his appointment has been criticised and opposed by the doctors in the hospital. (KNS)