AIIMS threatens 14 docs with termination for staging protest

Acting tough, the AIIMS administration today issued notices to 14 resident doctors, asking them why their services should not be terminated for participating in a protest which almost disrupted an event attended by two Union Ministers yesterday.
The 14 doctors were a part of the protest staged by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) against the signing of an MoU between AIIMS and National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) to sell 10 per cent of the institutional land for commercial use for building over 3,000 flats for AIIMS staff in Ansari Nagar, West Campus.
The AIIMS management has asked the doctors concerned to submit their replies by 3 pm tomorrow.

"It is observed that inspite of directions by Academic Section vide email dated January 17 to RDA president and advice given to them to refrain from the illegal activities, you have indulged in protest, displayed banners, shouted slogans and attempted to disrupt peace within JL auditorium of AIIMS and tried to interrupt official function in which two senior Union Ministers were invited by AIIMS.
"Your conduct is unbecoming of a resident of AIIMS and in violation of directions of High court of Delhi and amounts to contempt of court. The Director, AIIMS has viewed your protest as an act of indiscipline against AIIMS.

Soon after the notices were issued, the RDA held a

meeting this evening and decided to hold a candle light march at the institute to express opposition to the government's move to sell 10 per cent of the institute land to NBCC.
Yesterday, the protesting resident doctors tried to barge inside the auditorium, where the the MoU was being signed in the presence of Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.
The Resident Doctors' Association members claimed they had a scuffle with the security guards when they tried to enter the auditorium.'
As per the MoU, NBCC will build 3928 apartments in Ansari Nagar, West Campus and at Ayur Vigyan Nagar campus for the staff of the country's premier institute on over 65 acres of land, at an estimated cost of Rs 4,441 crore.

In turn, about 2.9 acres out of 29 acres of institutional land would be given to NBCC for commercial use.
NBCC would be charging 10 per cent of the final project cost as project management consultancy (PMC) fee and 1 per cent for the marketing expenses on total fund realisation from the sale/lease of built up area.