Doctors Association Kashmir(DAK) President Dr Suhail Naik in a communique said that
“Director, Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences(SKIMS), Prof. A. G. Ahangar who has
been attached with the General Administration Department(GAD) is highly condemnable, to say
the least. The action taken by Government against Director SKIMS seems to be highly politically
motivated in which he seems to be made a scape goat”. He further said that the “Director post of
premier institution of SKIMS is highly sacrosanct and some lobbies within and outside
Institution are hell bent to bring disgrace to it by playing to galleries. It is also worthwhile to
mention that Director SKIMS has time and again warned all the Faculty members against private
practice and asked common public to inform the administration if they are indulging in the same
through various notices which have already been issued several times in leading newspapers but
unfortunately there was no response”.
“It is astonishing that highly capable director and of premier institute of North India is attached
with out preliminary inquiry in a knee jerk response and is surprising that he was sacked within
hours without giving him time to give clarification”, he further said.
DAK stresses that the attachment of Director must be revoked immediately with grace and
honour to bring back sheen and dignity of the said post, failing which doctors would be forced to
stall the health services across the state. DAK has warned of serious consequences if Director
SKIMS is not reinstated immediately for which the whole onus will lie on the Govt.