MUMBAI: In the biggest ever reshuffle in the medical education department led by senior Congress leader Amit Deshmukh, the state government on Friday appointed deans of 11 government-medical colleges across the state. Three seniormost professors in Grant Medical College and J J group of hospitals too have been shifted.
Surgery professor Mukund Tayde will be new dean of the government-run Sindhudurg Medical College, while skin professor Mahendra Kurha will lead Alibaugh Medical College and psychiatry professor Vinayak Kale will be the new dean of BJ Medical College, Pune.
Srinivas Shintre of BJ Medical College will be the new dean of Yavatmal Medical College, ENT professor Ashok Nitnaware will lead the Government Medical College, Chandrapur, Bhavana Sonawane will be dean of Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur, Milind Fulpali has been shifted from Nagpur to Jalgaon Government Medical College, Miraj Medical College’s Pradip Dixit moves to Kolhapur Government Medical College.
Bhaskar Khaire will be new dean of Ambajogai Medical College, Apurva Pawade is shifted to Gondia and Bhalchandra Murha will be new dean of Osmanabad Government Medical College.
According to a medical education department official, these are senior most professors and have been shifted as professors, however, they have been given additional charge. “It is expected that soon, they will be appointed on a regular basis. It was for the first time in recent history of the medical education department that every medical college has a dean,” he said.
About J J Hospital dean, the official said, as of now Ranjeet Mankeshwar, who is holding additional charge, will continue as no decision was taken on appointment of a regular dean. “Many senior deans and senior professors are vying for J J dean’s post, but it is unlikely that Mankeshwar will be disturbed in view of his impressive performance. In the wake of the pandemic situation, though J J was not a Covid hospital, it dealt with more professionally for other diseases and procedures. Most VIPs, including the governor, CM, Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and Amit Deshmukh preferred to take anti-covid vaccine at J J due to professional management and confidence in government hospital,” he said.
