Steal a Professor

It began in a way that was quite subtle, and unexpected. We had two vacancies of Professors in our department, We had one eligible person for this post, The other one was at another corporation hospital in the city, Both posts had been vacant for about 2 years. Finally our own candidate pushed them so much that the promoted both of them. Our candidate joined immediately. The other one would not. She wanted to get promoted where she was, without there being a vacancy in her institute. She was said to be quite influential, she had received her previous promotion while she had been on long leave, out of the country. Such things don't happen unless you are well connected, This time she came to see me and requested me to a allow her to remain at her own hospital for one year, so that she could finish her projects, I said 'No', because we were really short-staffed and overworked. She had put up a letter to this effect, on which I had written in detail Why Such a thing was not possible, Then we heard that she was trying to get our post transferred to her hospital. I told the Dean about this in a meeting of all heads of departments, The Dean said, 'That will not happen', which should have reassured me. It didn't, A short while later, the Dean told me in another meeting of all heads of departments that since she (the said candidate) had met a number of people (read high up people), we would allow her to remain where she was until end of June, and she would join duty with us on 1st of July. We had sent letters to the Commissioner against this arrangement, which had probably made the Dean stall the issue till end of June. I knew why she set that particular date. The Dean was to retire from 1st july. And would not be there to answer any questions if this person did not come as stated. She was said to be related to the VC and the Dean both. Which explained a lot of things that happened. First July came, but the Professor did not come, The Dean was not there to give any explanation, about this, very conveniently. We wrote a number of letters to higher authorities including the commissioner. There was no response, Then this person met an AMC, who just sent an order allowing her to become a professor of our institute, take salary from us, and work in her hospital, not ours. We protested strongly, but they all ignored us. She was given this post, because the order came from a higher officer, an AMC, higher than our new Dean. The interest of a healthcare giant and its poor patients was put aside for an individual, whose only virtue was being well-connected. It was not just injustice of the highest order, it was corruption of the system and dictatorship of a sort in a country with the greatest democracy in the world. We hear that our erstwhile Dean, now merrily appointed to a higher position owing to her own connections, had actually arranged all this. She as a Dean was expected to safeguard the interest of the institute, She not only failed to perform this duty, but actually caused irreparable damage to the institute. When this happened and we were feeling lost, with no solution in sight, one of our Associate Professors said, "May be she will just die". I was somewhat taken aback, but it seemed it would be the only solution if God also wished it. God did not. She lives; shamelessly. In the corrupt world of the corporation, the medical colleges and hospitals were spared somewhat so far. Not any more. If God is watching all this, I hope He corrects the wrongs, because I know there is no one in corporation who has integrity enough to set wrongs right.