The Punjab Institute of Medical
Sciences (PIMS), Jalandhar, and Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital,
Pathankot, which have been barred from admitting students by the
Medical Council of India, have been in controversies since their
inception. The PIMS is run by the PIMS Medical and Educational
Charitable Society, headed by state minister Surjit Singh Rakhra.
The PIMS was embroiled in a controversy after the SAD-BJP government allotted a sprawling complex worth crores of rupees to the society on a 99-year lease at “throwaway” prices for running a hospital and medical college.
The management defaulted on electricity bills on several occasions. The PSPCL not only slapped heavy penalties on it but also disconnected its power connection many times.
With the arrest of two main functionaries of the society for their alleged involvement in the Harpreet Kaur (Bibi Jagir Kaur's daughter) kidnap case, the institute suffered a major financial setback following which the management failed to pay salaries to the staff for months. Even students once protested against the management for not providing them the promised facilities. Dr Kulbir Kaur, Principal-Director, PIMS, said: "We have written to the MCI to provide us a list of the findings following which the approval to admit students was suspended".
Similarly, the CMC, run by Chintpurni School Educational Society, embroiled into controversy after the society, under the chairmanship of Sunil Joshi, a liquor trader, faced financial crunch in 2012.
The cash-starved society was taken over by Swaran Salaria, a Mumbai-based businessman and a BJP leader.
Joshi and Salaria were at loggerheads over a financial dispute and both had staked claim on the ownership of the college. The college was not allowed to admit students in the second batch of the MBBS course in 2012-13 session.
The college had hit the headlines last year when heavy rain flooded its premises and the management had to vacate the girls' hostel.
The PIMS was embroiled in a controversy after the SAD-BJP government allotted a sprawling complex worth crores of rupees to the society on a 99-year lease at “throwaway” prices for running a hospital and medical college.
The management defaulted on electricity bills on several occasions. The PSPCL not only slapped heavy penalties on it but also disconnected its power connection many times.
With the arrest of two main functionaries of the society for their alleged involvement in the Harpreet Kaur (Bibi Jagir Kaur's daughter) kidnap case, the institute suffered a major financial setback following which the management failed to pay salaries to the staff for months. Even students once protested against the management for not providing them the promised facilities. Dr Kulbir Kaur, Principal-Director, PIMS, said: "We have written to the MCI to provide us a list of the findings following which the approval to admit students was suspended".
Similarly, the CMC, run by Chintpurni School Educational Society, embroiled into controversy after the society, under the chairmanship of Sunil Joshi, a liquor trader, faced financial crunch in 2012.
The cash-starved society was taken over by Swaran Salaria, a Mumbai-based businessman and a BJP leader.
Joshi and Salaria were at loggerheads over a financial dispute and both had staked claim on the ownership of the college. The college was not allowed to admit students in the second batch of the MBBS course in 2012-13 session.
The college had hit the headlines last year when heavy rain flooded its premises and the management had to vacate the girls' hostel.
Chintpurni college gets approval
Chintpurni
Medical College today issued a press note claiming that the MCI has
approved admissions to the 3rd batch for the 2013-14 session.
PIMS, Jalandhar
- The SAD-BJP government had allotted a sprawling complex to the institute on a lease at a throwaway price
- Power connection to PIMS was disconnected a number of times for its failure to pay bills
- The institute had failed to pay salaries to the staff for months
Chintpurni Medical College
- The college, run by Chintpurni School Educational Society, faced financial crunch in 2012
- Sunil Joshi and Swaran Salaria of the society have been at loggerheads over a financial dispute
