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Chandigarh: Governing body of PGI to be dissolved

Top decision-making bodies of PGI - Governing Body (GB) and Institute Body (IB) - shall be dissolved soon, according to officials at the premier healthcare institution.
Chandigarh: Governing body of PGI to be dissolved
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CHANDIGARH: Top decision-making bodies of PGI - Governing Body (GB) and Institute Body (IB) - shall be dissolved soon, according to officials at the premier healthcare institution. It is expected that Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher will also be a part of the GB, and a decision in this regard may soon be taken by the Union minister of health Dr Harshvardhan.
While IB is significant for making major appointments-related decisions in the institute, most of the financial approvals and recruitments come through the GB to the IB for its endorsement.
"Whenever a new health minister comes at the Centre, there is a change in these bodies," said an official. It has been six months since Dr Harshvardhan took over as the health minister.
Currently, the GB has 14 members and the IB has 20. They are nominated by the health minister. The present GB members include the director general - health services, special secretary and financial adviser, chief secretaries of Punjab, Himachal and Haryana, advisor to the administrator, vice chancellor, Panjab University, dean - research, academics and the director, PGI.
Previously, the city MP was a member of the GB. "There must be a local representation, so that the voice of the people are heard. We had the local MPs from the city earlier in one of these bodies," said a PGI faculty.
Sources in the ministry informed that the GB shall have members from Ayush sciences as well. "As there is emphasis on integration of the Ayush with allopathic medicine, the government is keen to engage the representatives from Ayush in these bodies," said an official in the ministry.
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