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  • Orissa High Court guidelines in opposition to continuation of AHPGIC director

    By Express News Service

    CUTTACK: Orissa High Court has disapproved the engagement of Dr Lalitendu Sarangi as director-in-charge of Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer (AHPGIC), Cuttack, by the use of periodic extensions after his retirement on March 17, 2022.

    The division bench of Chief Justice Subhasis Talapatra and Justice Savitri Ratho, whereas disposing of a PIL on Thursday, directed the state authorities and AHPGIC to convene a gathering of the manager committee inside a interval of 5 days and suggest a panel of three professors after contemplating the eligibility standards to the governing physique for posting of the I/C director until the common director is appointed by the choice committee.

    “We are constrained to observe that the said short-circuited step as taken for engaging the director I/C completely violates Clause 11 (8) of the Bye-laws”,  the bench noticed. As per the Bye-law, in such conditions, the manager committee is shaped with eight members from three totally different departments of the federal government.

    The bench ordered that the governing physique will sit inside seven days and interact the in-charge director until the common director is appointed. “Till then, Dr Lalitendu Sarangi shall be allowed to continue, but thereafter he shall not be allowed to continue as the in-charge director and his engagement, as referred, shall automatically come to an end, in view of our order,” it dominated.

    Chittaranjan Mohanty, a city-based social activist filed the PIL difficult the engagement of Dr Sarangi as director-in-charge after retirement and subsequent extensions. While making submissions on the petitioner’s behalf, advocate Sukanta Kumar Nayak identified that Dr Sarangi was appointed as common director on May 13, 2015. He was to retire on superannuation of his service on March 17, 2022.  

    However, he was given the cost of director-in-charge for six months with out the appointment of one other common director. His engagement was once more prolonged from September 21, 2022, for one more six months or until the common director is appointed. While periodic extensions adopted, the final one for 3 months was from June 19 or until the common director was appointed, Nayak submitted.

    CUTTACK: Orissa High Court has disapproved the engagement of Dr Lalitendu Sarangi as director-in-charge of Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer (AHPGIC), Cuttack, by the use of periodic extensions after his retirement on March 17, 2022.

    The division bench of Chief Justice Subhasis Talapatra and Justice Savitri Ratho, whereas disposing of a PIL on Thursday, directed the state authorities and AHPGIC to convene a gathering of the manager committee inside a interval of 5 days and suggest a panel of three professors after contemplating the eligibility standards to the governing physique for posting of the I/C director until the common director is appointed by the choice committee.

    “We are constrained to observe that the said short-circuited step as taken for engaging the director I/C completely violates Clause 11 (8) of the Bye-laws”,  the bench noticed. As per the Bye-law, in such conditions, the manager committee is shaped with eight members from three totally different departments of the federal government.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The bench ordered that the governing physique will sit inside seven days and interact the in-charge director until the common director is appointed. “Till then, Dr Lalitendu Sarangi shall be allowed to continue, but thereafter he shall not be allowed to continue as the in-charge director and his engagement, as referred, shall automatically come to an end, in view of our order,” it dominated.

    Chittaranjan Mohanty, a city-based social activist filed the PIL difficult the engagement of Dr Sarangi as director-in-charge after retirement and subsequent extensions. While making submissions on the petitioner’s behalf, advocate Sukanta Kumar Nayak identified that Dr Sarangi was appointed as common director on May 13, 2015. He was to retire on superannuation of his service on March 17, 2022.  

    However, he was given the cost of director-in-charge for six months with out the appointment of one other common director. His engagement was once more prolonged from September 21, 2022, for one more six months or until the common director is appointed. While periodic extensions adopted, the final one for 3 months was from June 19 or until the common director was appointed, Nayak submitted.

  • Odisha AHPGIC will get full-time superintendent and dean

    By Express News Service

    CUTTACK:  Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer(AHPGIC), the premier most cancers hospital of the State, has lastly obtained its full-time superintendent and dean. With approval of the Departmental Promotion Committee(DPC), Prof Dr Rekha Das has been appointed because the superintendent whereas Prof Dr Padmalaya Devi is the brand new dean and principal. They took cost on Wednesday.

    Earlier, the hospital had no full-time superintendent publish. With the State authorities sanctioning the publish just lately, the DPC elevated the pinnacle of the Anesthesia division Prof Dr Das as superintendent of the hospital. 

    Similarly, head of Surgical Oncology Prof Dr Devi, who was in-charge dean and principal, and superintendent has assumed cost because the full-time dean and principal. Speaking to TNIE, Prof Das mentioned she would give attention to streamlining the remedy moreover making efforts for early organising of a 19-bed full-fledged intensive care unit and changing the present palliative care unit functioning below the Anesthesia division to a devoted Palliative Care division. Dean and Principal Prof Dr Devi mentioned she would give attention to enhancing educational actions of AHPGIC.

  • Cuttack’s most cancers institute will get PET-CT facility, to start operation by June 29

    By Express News Service

    CUTTACK: The PET-CT Scan facility shall be accessible for sufferers in Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute for Cancer, Cuttack (AHPGIC) from June 29.This was knowledgeable by AHPGIC counsel to the Orissa High Court which was listening to a PIL on the problem earlier this week.

    The counsel Devashis Panda knowledgeable the court docket that the PET-CT Scan gear was dropped at the most cancers hospital on April 6 and set up work is on. He additional acknowledged that approval from the Atomic Energy Commission for putting in and working the gear and different incidental actions is awaited. The gear will turn into operational by June 29, Panda assured the court docket.

    Taking word of it, the division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice RK Pattanaik posted the matter to July 11 whereas directing Panda to file a separate affidavit indicating the timeline inside which the growth actions of AHPGIC shall be accomplished. 

    The petition was filed final 12 months by Anita Budhia, a 50-year-old most cancers affected person who was then present process therapy at AHPGIC. She had requested why the institute didn’t have a PET-CT scan facility regardless of being a number one most cancers institute in jap India and the one government-run hospital for therapy of most cancers within the State. PET-CT scan is a crucial take a look at required for detecting if a most cancers cell has unfold to physique components of a affected person apart from the preliminary organ.

    The 400-bed hospital caters to the wants of 1000’s of most cancers sufferers of not solely Odisha but in addition components of neighbouring Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bengal. It has an annual affected person turnout of 23,000 to just about 33,000.

    The bench additionally directed the State authorities to file a separate affidavit by then on the present standing of procurement and set up of PET-CT scan gear for the medical services at Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Berhampur and Jharsuguda.