Philanthropy suffers a heart attack at AIIMS

  • 14/06/2010

  • Governance Now

Things are so bad at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the country's premier government-run hospital and medical college that it is nearly impossible to think good or do good. Vishnu Surekha, a businessman with a good heart, wanted a little space for setting up a charitable pharmacy inside the premises to help the poor. AIIMS kept blocking his efforts for five years until the Delhi High Court stepped in to remove the blockage. This story then is as much about Sureka as it is about how governance itself stands against the good.