The matter resolved Amicably as both sides showed Exemplary Cooperation, Every Collegium will have a Student Representative

Suicide Bid by Resident Doctar

Every Department’s Collegium will have a Student Representative as a part of it : Director, PGIMER 

Chandigarh:  26th July, 2023: (Kartika Singh/Arth Parkash):: 

“Every department in PGIMER will have a student representative from that respective department as a part of its collegium system. This will surely prove to be game–changer,” stated Prof. Vivek Lal, Director PGIMER at a press conference organized to brief the media about a sad incident involving a resident doctor and the measures being taken to prevent such incidents in the future, here at PGIMER today.

“Having student representation in the decision-making process is a quantum leap forward as far as the well-being of the resident doctors is concerned as till date, residents have not been a part of any of the committees in the institute,” added Prof. Lal.

Prof. N.K. Panda, Dean (Academics), Mr. Kumar Gaurav Dhawan, Deputy Director (Administration) & Official Spokesperson, Prof. Ajay Duseja, Head, Deptt. of Hepatology, Prof. Dheeraj Khurana, Deptt. of Neurology, Prof. Sameer Aggarwal, Deptt. of Orthopaedics and President, PGIMER Faculty Association, Prof . Aman Sharma, Deptt. of Internal Medicine, Dr.  Naveen , President ARD and other senior faculty members were also present on the occasion.

Expressing his satisfaction at the amicable resolution of an untoward incident of attempted suicide by a resident doctor on the alleged harassment by a faculty member from Deptt. of Hepatology, Prof. Vivek Lal further stated, “PGI runs on two pillars both faculty and residents and both are very important for the smooth running of the hospital. So the intent was not to punish, but to smother the fire, mitigate the stress, send the right message, and build a bond between the faculty and residents.”

The Director further elaborated, “Immediately after the incident, the concerned faculty regretted for overstepping and tendered a written apology to the student and his parents, a gesture, first of its kind. Not only that, the faculty has been overwhelming in their response enquiring about the well-being of the student. Both the associations, residents as well as faculty, showed restraint, did not resort to strikes or wore black badges, but rather cooperated fully to the committee during its fact-finding. Even the parents of the concerned resident exhibited exemplary cooperation and he has joined back his duty. So it is win for PGIMER, a win for Guru-Shishya parampara.”
 

PGIMER takes a plethora of measures for the well-being of its resident doctors    
“Even out of this sad incident, a good has come out as the existing wall between the faculty and residents has been dismantled, which reiterates that we are moving in the right direction,” said the Director PGIMER as he enumerated a plethora of welfare measures being taken by the PGIMER administration for its resident doctors.

The welfare measures include refurbishment of the Upper Café, conversion of a swimming pool into all weather pool, and building of a food court on the poolside and living room for junior residents to mention a few. 

“The end objective is to build a bond, a bonhomie and a camaraderie between the faculty and the residents so that we together meet our sole common objective of patient care and this amicable resolution of the issue a step forward in that direction,” aptly concluded Director, PGIMER.