New Delhi: Famed cardiac surgeon Naresh Trehan on Wednesday resigned as the Executive Director of the Escorts Heart Institute in Delhi and will join the join the Apollo group of hospitals.
Trehan was involved in a dispute with Fortis Healthcare, which owns Escorts, two weeks back. He was removed as Executive Director for an alleged conflict of interest arising from his involvement in the Medicity healthcare venture.
But after a week of allegations and counter-allegations, the two sides reached an out-of-court settlement last Saturday and Trehan was reinstated as Executive Director.
"I am thinking about it (joining Apollo) and a final decision would be taken Wednesday evening," Trehan told IANS.
"Naresh Trehan has resigned and will no more be a part of Escorts from June 1," said Sudarshan Majumdar, marketing head of Fortis Healthcare that acquired 90 percent share of Escorts hospital in September 2005.
"It is a mutual decision by both Trehan and the management. However, his 10 percent share in the hospital stands as it is," Majumdar told IANS.
Shivinder Mohan Singh, managing director of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRCL) and Fortis Healthcare, while accepting the resignation acknowledged that Trehan has left a "strong legacy and foundation that will continue to be built upon".
"Naresh Trehan, executive director of EHIRCL, has decided to disengage himself from EHIRCL with effect from 1st June 2007," said Singh.
(With IANS)
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