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Amrian Gill, president, and Arun Malik, press secretary of the CMC Sangharsh Samiti, were among the prominent faces which were instrumental in launching the campaign along with Samson Dogar, who was the general secretary of the Samiti.
The two men, who had garnered support from doctors as well as the employees of the hospital, were in news for launching the campaign which resulted in a change in the management on March 14 last year after a month of the campaign.
“We have been able to get the desired outcome from the campaign, which we had initiated to stop the projects being undertaken by the previous management in partnership with some private players. However, we are still awaiting the report of the fact-finding committee which was constituted to highlight the expenditure of funds and the deals made during the previous management’s tenure,” said Amrian Gill, who is the supervisor at cardiology department of the hospital.
He added the current administrative team was working towards the welfare of the employees and the hospital and hence they were satisfied. “The Samiti is now a registered body and we will keep working towards the welfare of the hospital and its employees,” he said. The Samiti observed the first anniversary of its formation on February 21 this year.
However, on the other hand, Arun Malik who is senior electrician at the hospital differed and alleged the probe being carried out to investigate the financial irregularities was a mere eyewash. “Though the chairman of the governing body of the hospital had told us that everything would be made public, they have still not informed anybody about the probe,” he alleged, adding that even the current management was also not paying heed to the welfare of the employees and nursing staff and was only focused on providing benefits to doctors.
Last February, the Samiti had held incessant protests against the proposal to set up a Regional Cancer Centre in partnership with a US-based agency and undertaken a campaign to show the administrative team of the time in bad light.
The Samiti was earlier formed on the premise that the hospital should first and foremost give priority to the welfare of the community as they feared that the establishment of the Cancer Centre in partnership with a foreign company would render no job opportunities to the members of the community.
Later, the campaign was turned against Dr John Pramod who was the then director of the hospital and Joel V Mal who was the chairman of the Governing body at the time. Both of them had to later put in their papers and the whole management team was dissolved in the wake of the incessant protests disturbing the day-to-day functioning of the hospital. The regional cancer project was later scrapped and the contract with Wockhardt for a heart centre was suspended.
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it was indeed "doctored". People of the community did not understand that it was a matter of pride for them if a premier organisation like CMC was able to serve the purpose of the patients suffering with cancer. It appears that the community over reacted and focused only on the job opportunity part. In today's times big companies are merging to provide better services as well as to remain viable. No man or an institution , however, big can be an island. I am an old contributor for the cause of CMC for many years. I saw a vision in Dr John Pramod's plan of setting up state of the art cardiac and cancer services. It is a pity that CMC has lost him in its shortsightedness. The city was with him in this venture and his honest, simple and powerful understanding of complex processes of management. There are many who believed in him. How could CMC say no to a great gift to the city and state of Punjab?. Our trust were disappointed by the employees and some misled people of the community.