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KGMU Nursing Students Protest After Peer Dies of Dengue, Allege Attendance Pressure
- •Nursing students at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow protested the death of fellow student Divyanshi Yadav, allegedly from dengue.
- •Students claim the KGMU administration pressures them to maintain attendance and denies medical leave, even for serious illnesses.
- •A protesting student stated Divyanshi, a second-year BSc Nursing student, died of dengue on Saturday, highlighting the irony of medical students dying in a medical college.
- •Students are reportedly forced to attend college daily to mark attendance, ignoring their medical conditions, with teachers even advising them to come after taking medicine.
- •KGMU spokesperson Prof KK Singh announced a five-member committee has been formed to investigate the matter.
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Nursing students at King George's Medical University protested following the death of a second-year BSc Nursing student named Divyanshi Yadav, who allegedly died of dengue. The protesters alleged that the administration pressures them to maintain strict attendance and denies medical leave even when they are seriously ill.
KGMU spokesperson Prof KK Singh stated that a five-member committee has been formed to look into the matter. The committee includes Chief Medical Superintendent Dr BK Ojha, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing Prof Amita Pandey, Vice Dean Prof Smriti Agarwal, Chief Proctor Prof RAS Kushwaha, and Principal of the College of Nursing Suchana Roy Bhowmik.
Protesting students claimed that the administration forces them to come to college daily to mark attendance regardless of their medical conditions, with teachers allegedly sending messages telling ill students to attend after taking medicine. They also stated that being late by five minutes results in an absence for the entire day.
