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Media boycott effect?? Principal Govt Medical College Patiala changed

Media boycott effect?? Principal Govt Medical College Patiala changed

KS Diwan/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh

In an order dated 6 March 2019, issued by Satish Chandra IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education Punjab, Dr KK Aggarwal , Professor Forensic Medicine, Govt Medical College Patiala has been appointed as Principal Govt Medical College Patiala, till further order.

After the retirement of Dr Balwant Singh Sidhu, Principal Govt Medical College Patiala on Jan. 31, 2019 the vice principal Dr Harjinder Singh was appointed as acting Principal of Govt Medical College, Patiala vide office order dated 14 Feb 2019, till further order.

Media boycott effect ? Principal Govt Medical College Patiala changed

An official of Govt Medical College Patiala, on the condition of anonymity said that, “the change in the guard may have taken place, due the unruly incident, in which local media boycotted the visit of Punjab Health Minister and Patiala (rural) MLA  Brahm Mohindra at Rajindra Hospital and Govt. Medical College on March 1, 2019. “

Punjab Health Minister Brahm Mohindra and wife of CM Punjab ,former Union Minister Preneet kaur arrived at the Rajindra Hospital on March 1, to visit the nurses who had jumped from the hospital building and he told the security guards to not to allow any media persons to enter. The guards misbehaved with the media persons and didn’t allow them to enter the Medical College. The local media boycotted the Minister visit, in his home constituency.

Later the Minister ordered an enquiry and asked the officials to look into the matter. “The changes made before the election, is an indication that the Minister is in no mood to annoy media in his home constituency” said another officer of Govt Medical College,Patiala.

 

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