Chandigarh, March 1 -- Dr Ravneet Kaur has been appointed the director principal of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. The appointment was approved on Saturday by UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria.

She previously headed the transfusion department at the hospital. This is for the first time in UT's history that the administration has set aside seniority and made the selection on the basis of merit. A high-powered committee under the chief secretary interviewed a panel of the five senior-most doctors from the hospital. Based on the interaction, Dr Kaur, the second-most senior faculty member, was selected following the completion of former director principal GP Thami's tenure.

Seniority-wise, Dr Dasari Harish, currently...