Monday, December 10, 2012

Patan Hospital Protests Updates: A Mess

The Prime Minister, also the chancellor of Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), decided to suspend the newly appointed vice-chancellor of PAHS. He reversed his decision [ultimately he is the one who appointed this controversial vice-chancellor (VC)].

But the tale does not find its coup de grace there.  This VC has decided she wants to fight back legally. We are told she is taking help of some star lawyers. The court has given a stay order. So the sacked VC is officially still our VC. 

With this, we have officially joined the typical mess our larger political system is in. In this mess, a rich philosophical discourse can be conducted in purely technical/philosophical terms about what is right and what is wrong. 

In the court, perhaps an intense debate will happen. Who is right? Who is wrong? What is right? What is wrong? What are the evidences?

But for a novice physician like me, who saw an overnight transformation in energy and work ethics of care providers in the hospital from a political appointment, fundamental questions will be: Why did it happen? What did it do? 

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