BFHUS gets new VC - Cardiologist Dr GS Wander

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has informed that cardiologist Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Faridkot-based Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS).

After the resignation of the former Vice Chancellor Dr Raj Bahadur, Faridkot-based Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) now got a new Vice-Chancellor - the noted cardiologist Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander, as confirmed by the CM Bhagwant Mann.

Wander is currently serving as the chief cardiologist at the Hero DMC Heart Institute, a sister concern of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), in Ludhiana.

He is 62 and will replace Dr Avnish Kumar who had been working as acting VC since August 14. Wander has an experience of 34 years in the field of cardiology.

The Background

Dr Raj Bahadur had quit as BFUHS V-C allegedly after being “humiliated” by Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra. After this, Dr Avnish Kumar who is the director, of medical research and medical education, was a makeshift arrangement for Dr Raj Bahadur.

While Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra was inspecting Faridkot’s Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, which comes under the BFUHS, a video clip circulated on social media where it was seen that the minister was behaving rudely with the VC. Jouramajra placed a hand on the veteran surgeon’s shoulder as he pointed toward the “damaged and dirty condition” of the mattress inside the hospital’s skin department. Later, the VC was forced to lie down on the same mattress. After the incident, Dr Bahadur had conveyed to the Punjab chief minister the “humiliation” he faced and requested that he be relieved from services and later on his resignation was accepted.

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