Eight medical colleges in Maharashtra do not have permanent Deans
Of the 14 government-run medical colleges across Maharashtra, eight are without permanent deans.
After B M Sabnis retired from Grant Medical College in Mumbai, the institute did not have anyone to take over the post. Same is the case with the government-run medical colleges at Pune, Solapur, Nanded, Miraj and Kolhapur, while deans of two institutes at Akola and Ambajogai have sought voluntary retirement.
A senior medical education department official added that a proposal on the appointment of new deans has been gathering dust in chief minister’s office.
“The proposal was sent to Chavan’s office in the first week of December, but so far he has not cleared it. Once the file is cleared, we will immediately issue the orders,” he said.
Another former dean complained that medical education was last on the priority list of the government.
“There were hundreds of vacancies in all medical colleges across the state. It swung into action only after some of the prestigious institutes were shut down following mass exodus of teachers in the wake of specific directives of the Bombay high court,” he said.
We now have headless institutions, which obviously will slumber on, directionless. Whither justice!
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