BANGALORE: Loopholes and violation of laws came to fore at the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) when Medical Education Minister S A Ramadas paid a surprise visit to the directorate.The problems were so grave that Ramadas issued an order to the principal secretary of medical education to force Dr A R Aruna, director of medical education, to go on leave, until an enquiry is conducted against her and the DME.As stated by Ramadas, he found that there were 10 people on leave at the DME. There were persons who had signed in the attendance register for Tuesday and Wednesday but absent. The order for allocation of jobs was issued in 2008 but was withheld, till date jobs had not been allocated to the people working at the DME. There was also a service register amiss at the DME. The register was meant for maintaining the details of an individual working there, leaves, increments etc that should be certified by the Director of DME. Certain nursing colleges had passed the bylaws and were not registered, but were still functioning.There was also mismanagement of funds and medical equipment were seen dumped without keeping in mind the number of staff or students. There was been no basic permission for the purchase of 5 ambulances at a cost of `35 lakh. Ramadas said there was a lack of control and proper administration at the DME. An enquiry would be conducted by retired sessions judge N Narayan and orders were given to principal secretary of medical education to force Dr Aruna to go on leave during the enquiry and until the report was out.Dr Aruna was a candidate in the running for the post of vice-chancellor at RGU Health Sciences this year.
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