PhD student death JNUSU accuses varsity of criminal negligence administration rejects charge
New Delhi Mar 23 PTI The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union JNUSU on Wednesday alleged that a student was not given timely treatment at the varsitys health centre which led to his death a charge denied by the varsityThe university said the student was given proper treatment and there was no lapse on their partMayank a PhD student at the Centre for Russian Studies and a resident of Tapti Hostel died on Wednesday The student is expected to have died of cardiac arrest according to a varsity officialIn a statement JNUSU convenor Adarsh Kumar said Mayank had complained of chest pain in the evening on March 21 and was rushed to the health centre by his friendsHe was not given immediate treatment and precious time was lost The health centre also delayed referring him to AIIMS as a result of which Mayank passed away even before reaching the hospital Kumar allegedJNU VC Santishree Dhulipadi Pandit UGC Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar and the dilapidated health centre are responsible for criminal negligence leading to the death of our friend Mayank he addedRejecting the allegations Dean of Students at JNU Sudheer Pratap Singh said the student was given proper treatment and was taken care ofThe student came to the JNU doctor complaining of chest pain He was rushed to the hospital after his ECG came out to be abnormal Prima facie it appears it was a cardiac arrest We are trying to determine what happened but there were no lapses on our part he said PTI VA SLB RHL RHL
New Delhi Mar 23 PTI The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union JNUSU on Wednesday alleged that a student was not given timely treatment at the varsitys health centre which led to his death a charge denied by the varsityThe university said the student was given proper treatment and there was no lapse on their partMayank a PhD student at the Centre for Russian Studies and a resident of Tapti Hostel died on Wednesday The student is expected to have died of cardiac arrest according to a varsity officialIn a statement JNUSU convenor Adarsh Kumar said Mayank had complained of chest pain in the evening on March 21 and was rushed to the health centre by his friendsHe was not given immediate treatment and precious time was lost The health centre also delayed referring him to AIIMS as a result of which Mayank passed away even before reaching the hospital Kumar allegedJNU VC Santishree Dhulipadi Pandit UGC Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar and the dilapidated health centre are responsible for criminal negligence leading to the death of our friend Mayank he addedRejecting the allegations Dean of Students at JNU Sudheer Pratap Singh said the student was given proper treatment and was taken care ofThe student came to the JNU doctor complaining of chest pain He was rushed to the hospital after his ECG came out to be abnormal Prima facie it appears it was a cardiac arrest We are trying to determine what happened but there were no lapses on our part he said PTI VA SLB RHL RHL
