Chandigarh 30th April; The PGI Employees termed the tenure of Dr. K.K. Talwar as one of the most unsuccessful ever. The corrupt and corruption flourished at PGI with his open support. He had the dubious distinction of more than one dozen cases registered against him with CVC, New Delhi.
The MTA strongly refute and flay the claim of Dr. Talwar that he had completed many projects. The work of Advanced Cardiac Centre and Advanced Eye Centre were started in April, 2002. 50% work of ACC was complete when Dr. K.K. Talwar joined on 1.4.2004 but still the ACC has not started functioning fully. The Advance Eye Centre has started only 60 beds service out of 100. Dr. Talwar has failed to start laboratory and x-ray facilities for indoor as well as OPD patients in Advanced Cardiac Centre and Advanced Eye Care Centre. The Advanced Trauma Centre may not start functioning fully for another year. The Computerisation Programme for which Rs. 25 crores were sanctioned in 1999 has not been started except for making OPD Card. It may take another year for the project to start fully. The PET and Gama knife projects were delayed, though these were ‘turn key’ projects. The 3 Tesla MRI worth Rs. 11.5 crore has not started functioning fully, though it has been inaugurated. The Type II houses and Type III houses have been delayed for more than 4 years. Though, more than Rs. 20 crore were sanctioned for comprehensive repairs / renovations of houses about 5-6 years back but the work has not started as yet. Dr. Talwar has failed to add even a single service in the APC which was inaugurated on 22.6.1995. The patients of APC face harassment for x-ray, ultrasound and laboratory services after 8 p.m. The Haematology and microbiology laboratories have not been started in APC. The laboratories of Haematology and Microbiology have not been started in New OPD which functions as Blood Collection Centre and samples are processed in Nehru Hospital.
NO CT Scan or MRI has been installed for OPD patients. The Emergency, Indoor and OPD patients crowd in Nehru Hospital for CT Scan and MRI facilities. The charges of almost all investigations, diet, bed charges, etc. have been increased manifold during his tenure as compared to AIIMS, New Delhi.
There is all round deterioration in the patient care services, research and medical education. The in fighting in faculty due to groupism encouraged by him has spoiled the work culture. The Institute was to cater for the needs of poor but Dr. Talwar had been obliging politicians and judges and other VIPs out of way at the cost of poor patients. The judiciary and bureaucrats, had been getting preferential treatment under the special cells created by Dr. Talwar and even doctors and medical technologists were deputed for door to door services for High Court / CAT judges, bureaucrats and politicians and their families.
Dr. Talwar has the dubious distinction of having 17 cases registered by CVC against him ( Up To 24.5.2008). He has managed to get 2-3 cases closed. There have been serious scams in Recruitments, Medical Education, Construction, Purchase, outsourcing of labour contracts and chemists shops. He has ruined the rich culture and traditions of PGI by indulging in witch hunting and corrupt & dirty politics. He had adopted the policy of ‘Divide and Rule’ in each department of PGI. He had rewarded faculty and non-faculty staff out of way, who have joined hands with him in his corrupt activities and victimised others who resisted such illegal activities.
Dr. Talwar was in habit of making tall and false claims in press. He has claimed of heart transplant whereas no PGI faculty or non-faculty staff or other dignitary has ever got its Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG) done at PGI during the last 10-15 years and he has been claiming of heart transplant. Recently, he has made a false claim of Liver Transplant, which was conducted by doctors of Research and Referral Hospital, New Delhi (Armed Forces).
He has managed an illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional extension of one year from 1.5.2008 to 31.3.2009 and second tenure from 1.4.2009 to 30.4.2011 by using his political clout by bypassing the Institute and that also without getting CVC / Vigilance clearance. Dr. K.K. Talwar acted as extra-constitutional authority with the help and support from judiciary, bureaucrats and politicians close to him.
Dr. Talwar has been the most disliked Director ever witnessed by the non-faculty employees in the history of PGI. The MTA hopes that with the exit of Dr. Talwar, the era of corruption at PGI will come to end. Dr. Talwar has used and misused his power, authority and political clout / influence to settle personal scores with faculty and non-faculty staff.
Sh. Sat Pal Bhardwaj’s and later on Sh. Sunil Dutt Sharma’s faction of the PGI Employees Union have courageously fought against the corrupt activities of Dr. K. K. Talwar and his associates even at the cost of severe victimisation of its elected representatives. Almost, all the active workers of these factions were falsely implicated in departmental cases just to silence their voice, the prominent persons who were charge sheeted included two bogus and baseless charge sheets to Sh. Sat Pal Bhardwaj, former President , one charge sheet to Sh.Sunil Dutt Sharma, former President, one charge sheet to Sh. Krishan Chand Gupta, former Sr. Vice President, one charge sheet to Sh. Narinder Malik, President, PGI Engineers Association, one bogus and baseless charge sheet to Ashwani Munjal and many others. But, they refused to compromise with the corrupt policies of Dr. K. K. Talwar and his team. Unfortunately, the present group of Union did not take Dr. K.K.talwar’s head on and even did not follow up for extraneous reasons and considerations. The burning of the effigy of Dr. K.K.Talwar by this group of Union was an act of ‘outsourcing’ otherwise they had supported Dr. Talwar since beginning and more after taking over Union in May, 2009. It was a marriage of convenience between Union and Dr. Talwar which ended in divorce at the fag end.
No category of staff of PGI was happy with the autocratic style of functioning of Dr. K. K. Talwar. It has been unprecedented that 2 top officers brought on deputation by Dr. Talwar have been caught red-handed by CBI and were later on suspended. There has been number of strikes and agitations from OT Staff, Union, MTA, Contract Staff, etc. during his tenure due to his callous, indifferent and stubborn attitude causing miseries to patients and employees.
Dr. Talwar has been one of the most corrupt director of PGI in its history and cruel towards non-faculty staff who was ‘master liar’ of making false and baseless promises and assurances to non-faculty staff.
( This news is a press note issued by PGI union, General Secretary)