The Tribune: Haryana: Friday, 04 June 2021.
The Information Commission, Haryana, has directed the state’s Medical Education and Research Department to upload the information regarding the recruitment of doctors in the newly established Atal Behari Vajpayee Government Medical College and Hospital (ABVGMC) at Chhainsa village in Faridabad within a month and provide the information sought under the RTI Act by a local resident.
The direction from Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Yashpal Singhal comes in wake of the second appeal filed by Ajay Kumar Bahl, an RTI activist here, last month.
Bahl, in his application on May 4, had sought details of the recruitment of 120 posts of doctor, initiated in December 2020, for this medical college and hospital. Though information was sought on 13 points, all were related to the appointment of the doctors and related staff here.
“The Commission recommends the public authority, ACS, Medical Education and Research, Haryana, to consider uploading permissible information pertaining to the selection (appointment) made recently the ABVGMC on the website of the public authority within a month of the receipt of the order,’’ says the direction passed by the CIC on May 28. It has also directed the SPIO of the department to furnish the permissible information within time under Section 7(1) of the Act. “The second appeal was filed after the authorities concerned failed to provide the information within the time-frame,” said Bahl.
Earlier known as Goldfields Medical College, it was taken over by the state in 2018. It had been lying closed since 2015 when the private management abandoned it due to financial bankruptcy.
He claimed that if the college and hospital, having 200 beds, was started in time after doctors’ recruitment, it could have saved many lives amid the pandemic, which reached its peak recently.
Though the college operation was handed over to the Army last month, it is claimed that it was too late and did not prove to be of much help, as it admitted only patients referred by the Civil Hospital.
Info sought by Faridabad RTI activist
The Information Commission, Haryana, has directed the state’s Medical Education and Research Department to upload the information regarding the recruitment of doctors in the newly established Atal Behari Vajpayee Government Medical College and Hospital (ABVGMC) at Chhainsa village in Faridabad within a month and provide the information sought under the RTI Act by a local resident.
The direction from Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Yashpal Singhal comes in wake of the second appeal filed by Ajay Kumar Bahl, an RTI activist here, last month.
Bahl, in his application on May 4, had sought details of the recruitment of 120 posts of doctor, initiated in December 2020, for this medical college and hospital. Though information was sought on 13 points, all were related to the appointment of the doctors and related staff here.
“The Commission recommends the public authority, ACS, Medical Education and Research, Haryana, to consider uploading permissible information pertaining to the selection (appointment) made recently the ABVGMC on the website of the public authority within a month of the receipt of the order,’’ says the direction passed by the CIC on May 28. It has also directed the SPIO of the department to furnish the permissible information within time under Section 7(1) of the Act. “The second appeal was filed after the authorities concerned failed to provide the information within the time-frame,” said Bahl.
Earlier known as Goldfields Medical College, it was taken over by the state in 2018. It had been lying closed since 2015 when the private management abandoned it due to financial bankruptcy.
He claimed that if the college and hospital, having 200 beds, was started in time after doctors’ recruitment, it could have saved many lives amid the pandemic, which reached its peak recently.
Though the college operation was handed over to the Army last month, it is claimed that it was too late and did not prove to be of much help, as it admitted only patients referred by the Civil Hospital.
Info sought by Faridabad RTI activist
- Atal Behari Vajpayee Government Medical College and Hospital at Chhainsa village was taken over by the state in 2018
- It had been lying closed since 2015 when the private management reportedly abandoned it due to financial crunch
- Applicants were called for an interview on Dec 29-30, but didn’t declare the results, perhaps due to political wrangling
- The RTI activist said if the college was started in time after doctors’ recruitment, it could’ve save many lives amid Covid
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