Bengaluru: Just a day before the tenure of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascualar Sciences and Research (Jayadeva Hospital), Bengaluru, Director Dr. C.N. Manjunath was to end (July 19), the State Government on Monday extended his tenure by a year (till July 19, 2023).
The Government issued an official notification in this regard on July 18, thus putting an end to the uncertainty over Dr. Manjunath’s extension as Director of the largest Cardiology Hospital in the State.
With the Government not taking any decision even when a couple of days was left for the completion of the tenure of Dr. Manjunath, the Jayadeva Hospital faculty and staff had written a letter to the Government seeking extension of his tenure. Even a host of associations and organisations had warned of an agitation if Dr. Manjunath’s tenure was not extended by the Government, considering his contribution for the growth of the Hospital. With pressure mounting on the Government, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai himself called Dr. Manjunath on Monday afternoon to inform him about the extension of his tenure, following which the official notification was issued later in the evening, it is learnt.
Caterpillar moustached Lingayat Bommaimis is sacred of Deve Gowda, whose son-in-law this person is, and hence the extension. There are a dime-a-dozen cardiologists in the state, who can take over from him.
His father-in-law Devegowda must have telephoned this fool Bommai for this extension. All corrupt politicians, Thanks to India’s independence!
Not long ago, Mr Ganapthy, wrote a piece praising this Manjunath ( the Gowdas have learned to name their sons well!) in such superlatives ( his observations, I am sorry to say , have no provenance, and often downright exaggerations to promote his line of thinking, which is flawed, most of the times!) that one would have thought that this Manjunath , the son-in-law of that old goat thug Devegowda, has been the best cardiologist In india, having got his postgraduate medical qualifications from Manipal’s Kasturba Medical College, who took him because he was Devegowda’s son-in-law! Not a big deal. He did not get training in the famed Cleveland Clinic or the Christiaan Bernard Cardiology institute in Cape Town, South Africa, where the first heart transplant pioneer Christiaan Bernard trained his successors.
Even the deluded Dasara committee asked him to inaugurate the Dasara festival, just as they did for that Sudha Murthy, who has achieved nothing! She is another favourite of Mr Ganapathy, who wanted her the president of India! well, well, then you know about Mr Ganapathy!!
With the above accolades, one would have thought, this Gowda, with the right caste background , would be the director of this institute for life or until he drops down unconscious!! Mere 1 year extension? Lingayat CM Bommai granted that extension fearful of the rowdy backlash from the old goat Gowda thug, Devegowda!
If Karnataka has anything to learn from Kerala in terms of excellence in encouraging specialities in Medicine, the best example is the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Mediical Sciences in Trivandrum , which has acquired an international status, where the appointments of the director and professors is done purely on merit. Even the parochial Malayalees know that anything else, would not make this institute the centre of excellence. They invite famous physicians and surgeons from the West to provide training to their doctors there. Many surgeons and physicians in the famous private hospitals of Mumbai, get their training in this Institute.