Mr Shenoy presumes quite a few times. Why does he repeatedly claim that AIIMS is the cram of the Medical profession in India. Where is the evidence base for that. The fact rather is that it was the most funded Medical Institution in India. Research mandates that funds should be raised by the faculty whereas AIIMS survived on government largesse which lead to the autonomy plank a mockery. Let us admit that if the Health minister has to get to this level then there is something fishy in the whole place. The strikes are simply a sign of of the medical profession and indeed all hospital related professions going mad- witness the tortous denials of the Apollo Hospital less than a fortnight ago. It is I admit too much to ask the media to become less sensation seeking but actually exhibiting symptoms of the same madness- this is rich indeed.
