KOLLAM: Member of Parliament N.K. Premachandran has alleged conspiracy by a group of employees with the Medical education department and the ESI Corporation in sabotaging the Parippally Medical College. Speaking to media in Kollam on Saturday, Mr Premachandran demanded a high-level inquiry into the issue.
“The forces that hinder the admission processes at the college continued their stance this time too when the admission to first year MBBS is in progress. The admissions to the college was frozen this year in the name of a Delhi High Court order, which in no way affects the Parippally Medical College. In an appeal filed in February 2015, the court had ordered to maintain the status quo. The state government had in December 1, 2015 taken over the medical college completing the procedures and issued an order regarding this,” Mr Premachandran said.
According to Mr Premachandran, in the appeal filed in the High Court, it was demanded that the state government be prevented from taking over the medical college which was subsequently denied by the court. However, the employees with the medical department and the ESI Corporation stopped further operation of the college without properly studying the court order with the help of legal experts.
Due to laxity by medical education department, the Central health ministry was not given an assurance to ensure facilities that could lead to commencing the functioning of the college this year. The Centre also could not send the file to recommend for admission to the Lodha Committee as it failed to receive this surety, alleged Mr Premachandran.
“No concerned officials were willing to present the issue before Lodha Committee. The officials are attempting to cease the functioning of the hospital in phases though the college was inaugurated by the CM. The casualty with modern facilities, advanced operation theatres, and blood bank still remain closed for public, which points at the unholy nexus between authorities and private medical college managements,” he added. Not a single person under the ESI scheme has received inpatient treatment at the hospital, Mr. Premachandran alleged.
