“Venugopal is a very good doctor, but administration wise he has no clue about what is happening in AIIMS,” Ramadoss told reporters here. “It (AIIMS) is being run by a coterie of junior doctors and sometimes even Venugopal is under pressure,” he said.

“My only issue is that they have frequent strikes,” Ramadoss said. “ There is a tremendous shortage of staff in public hospitals. We cannot afford to lose more when doctors go on strike,” Ramadoss told reporters on the sidelines of a workshop on homeopathy for mother and child.