Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: A doctor of teh calibre of a Dean of Goa Medical, who was benched by the health Minister Dr Vishwajit Rane, has received a prestigious award.
Dr Pradeep Naik, former Dean and Professor of Opthalmology, Goa Medical College, has been selected for Dr Sharat Chandra Das Endownment ACOIN Award by the Association of Community Ophthalmologists of India.
He will be receiving the award at the 12th ACOIN conference, to be held at Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, on 10th & 11th September 2022.
The honest doctor was unnecessarily harassed by the Health minister Rane and was removed as the Dean of GMC as he failed to fall in line or did not work as per the whims and fancies of the minister.
Mr Rane had initiated an inquiry against Dr Naik as Goa failed to get additional post-graduation seats. Dr Naik was asked to report to the secretariat for almost three years. And even after two years, there was no report submitted.
Dr Naik retired from service last year.
Even during such crisis, a doctor of the calibre of Dr Pradeep Naik, who has served GMC for almost 40-odd years was doing nothing. The main reason, again is he does not gel well with the Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, who suspended him to satisfy his ego.
