Sweet victory for Venugopal

It was sweet victory for renowned cardiac-surgeon P Venugopal at the end of a bitter row with Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss when the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Parliamentary law resulting in his reinstatement as the director of AIIMS. The 66-year-old Venugopal`s tenure at the AIIMS as its director, who was appointed to the post on July 3, 2003, was a smooth affair till May 2006. But trouble began as he got involved in a bitter turf war with Ramadoss on running the institution, which got a twist with quota issue thrown in.

Image: P Venugopal and Anbumani Ramadoss (AP photo)

Text: PTI