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Medicos shut emergency ward
INTENSIFYING THEIR protest against Centre?s move on reservation, MLN Medical College students shut the emergency ward and OPD section of the SRN Hospital and took out a rally here on Wednesday. However, the students organised their own OPD on the lawns of the hospital to help patients. The medicos said, ?While we want to lodge our protest and oppose the move to bring reservation for OBCs in higher education, on the other hand, we do not want the patients to suffer.?
INTENSIFYING THEIR protest against Centre’s move on reservation, MLN Medical College students shut the emergency ward and OPD section of the SRN Hospital and took out a rally here on Wednesday. However, the students organised their own OPD on the lawns of the hospital to help patients.
The medicos said, “While we want to lodge our protest and oppose the move to bring reservation for OBCs in higher education, on the other hand, we do not want the patients to suffer.”
The students alleged reservation would give entry to undeserving candidates in higher education which would affect quality of education. The students said the government was forcing them to take severe steps and it would be responsible for serious consequences.
Meanwhile, pro-quota students of Allahabad University (AU) took out a rally and submitted a memorandum to city magistrate addressed to the prime minster.
They even went on a hunger strike at the district headquarters in support of their demands here on Wednesday.
The students were led by AUU president Ajit Kumar Yadav, publication secretary Kalpana, Junior Doctors’ Association (JDA) president Dr Phool Singh, Dr Devendra Yadav, AU student leader Dr Satiram Yadav and Surendra Chaudhari. The students shouted slogans in support of Union HRD minister Arjun Singh Minister and against Sam Pitroda.
Yadav warned the capitalists and feudalists for their anti-reservation statements and said reservation was the constitutional right of the backwards and no one could deter them from getting it.
Dr Shrinarayan Yadav, Dr Manoj Yadav, Dr Ashok Kumar, Pravesh Yadav, Banke Lal Patel and Dr Sandeep Singh were present.
Varanasi
The indefitnite strike by undergraduate and postgraduate students of Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, against enhancing reservations for OBCs in higher academic institutions, entered its second day here on Wednesday.
The medical students continued to boycott all services including emergency services, out patient department (OPD) and intensive care unit (ICU) at Sir Sunderlal Hospital here today.
Normal medical services were crippled at SS Hospital in view of the RDA’s strike. Almost 80 per cent indoor and emergency wards of different departments wore a deserted look. Several operations could not be carried out. Sources said senior doctors performed some urgent operations only.
Kanpur
THE STUDENTS of the GSVM Medical College, the IIT-K and the CSJMU students union took out a rally against police lathi-charge on the medicos protesting against government quota policy. The rally was taken out from Motijheel to Medical college.
To bolster the anti-reservation protest, several IIT alumni also took part in the rally. The agitating students planned to go to the district magistrate office to hand him over the memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.