Medicos legal Action Group (MlAG) has sought the status of Institution of Excellence for PGIMER.
Dr Neeraj Nagpal, Convener of MlAG in a press statement issued here said, institutions like PGIMER, AIIMS and JIPMER should be declared institutions of excellence and those of national importance. He said the list of 17 institutions included in the Schedule of this Act which are exempt from reservations is incomplete without inclusions of these premier medical institutions.
Dr Nagpal added, Indira Gandhi Institute of Health, Shillong as well as Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai are the only medical institutions in the list. “India is dependent on research done in foreign countries for development in medical sciences and PGIMER and AIIMS are both internationally at the cutting edge of research”, he said.
He added these two institutions provide faculty in clinical super specialties and basic research to the country and merit should be the only criteria for selection in these institutes. Requesting the government to exclude PGIMER, AIIMS and JPIMER from Section 3 of the Act by declaring these three institutions as institutes of excellence and national importance, MlAG has stated reservations in admissions, appointments and promotion in these institutions creates frustration among the faculty members who leave these institutes to work in private hospitals or opt leaving the country for options abroad.