The local doctors’ association in the Kashmir Valley on Monday was up in arms against the Union Territory administration’s move to dilute the autonomy of the government medical colleges (GMCs), truncate powers of principals and delegate more powers to the bureaucrats, in “first such precedent” in the country.
The J&K Health and Medical Education Department has proposed to empower administrators, personal officers and administrative officers from the bureaucracy to look into matters pertaining to government medical colleges’ employees, annual performance reports, departmental enquiries, vigilance cases, public grievances, service records, outsourcing, budget and planning matters. It also proposes to monitor the chairmen of survey boards, local purchase committees, training of non-gazetted employees, all matters related to accommodation to staff and students, hostel premises among others.
