Academic activities yet to start even after two months
Wenlock second year para medical students express their pain before DC
Mangaluru, November 19: Students of the second year paramedical course at the Wenlock district hospital said that though two months were over after the beginning of the academic year for various courses, academic activities have not yet started.
Expressing their pain before the deputy commissioner in a memorandum led by SFI organization here on Monday, the students appealed the officer to ensure justice to them. The students who have taken admission to DMLT, DDTT, MRD, DDT, DOT and Health Inspector courses have already completed their first year course at the Para Medical Science of Mangala College as per the agreement. Though the second year course was started in September, they have been doing the hospital works in the name of postings. Even during the government holidays and Sundays, they were being asked to participate in the hospital work. Moreover, they were being harassed by the hospital staff, they said.
Students from Savanur, Subramanya, Shivamogga, Ballari, Madikeri, Kodagu, Kolar, Chikmagaluru, Karkala, Kinnigoli, Belthangady and other rural areas have been getting education staying in BCM hostels. The private colleges have already completed their internal exams for the courses. But for them, academic activities were not yet started. When asked the Wenlock Hospital chief, they were not responding properly. There was no attendance on getting practical training. The parents were invited in the beginning of the first year course. After that, parents meeting was not convened. In the beginning of the second year, all students were being summoned to the Wenlock hospital and entrusted the hospital works. Recently, an MLT course student was given ward duty and cleaning work at mental treatment section. Now, the hospital authorities were telling that the students have to work in night shift. The students have joined the course with lot of expectations. They wanted justice, they urged the deputy commissioner.
“We came to know about the students problems just two days before. As the students have asked the authorities to start lessons, the authorities have informed them that the hospital doctors would take the classes instead of teachers. This is not a good decision. In view of this, we have urged the deputy commissioner to solve the problem”, SFI district secretary Madhuri Bolara told Varthabharati.
Demands
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Steps should be taken to start classes
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Should stop using the students for the hospital works in the name of postings much against the norms
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Permanent lecturers should be appointed instead of doctors
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First year classes should be started immediately
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Security should be provided to the students during postings
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Indian mobile hospital treats over 2,200 cyclone-hit people as New Delhi ramps up relief efforts in
Colombo (PTI): A mobile hospital set up by India in Sri Lanka has provided medical care to over 2,200 people affected by Cyclone Ditwah, as New Delhi ramped up its assistance to the flood-ravaged island nation with engineering support and delivery of fresh relief consignments, the Indian mission here said on Sunday.
Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and severe infrastructure collapse triggered by the cyclone, leaving several districts isolated and severely straining the country's disaster-response capacity.
At least 627 people have been killed and 190 remain missing as of Sunday noon due to catastrophic floods and landslides caused by extreme weather conditions since November 16.
Sharing a social media post by the Ministry of External Affairs on its X handle, the Indian High Commission said a field hospital set up by India in Mahiyanganaya near Kandy has provided medical care to more than 2,200 people affected by the cyclone since December 5.
The hospital has also performed 67 minor procedures and three surgeries, it said. The field hospital was airlifted to Sri Lanka by an IAF C-17 aircraft along with a 78-member Indian medical team on Tuesday.
In another post, the mission said Indian Army engineers, working with Sri Lanka Army Engineers and the Road Development Authority, in Kilinochchi have begun removing a damaged bridge on the Paranthan–Karachchi–Mullaitivu (A35) road, a key route disrupted by the cyclone.
"This joint effort marks another step toward restoring vital connectivity for affected communities," it said.
India has additionally sent nearly 1,000 tonnes of food items and clothing contributed by the people of Tamil Nadu. Of these, about 300 tonnes reached Colombo on Sunday morning aboard three Indian Naval ships.
High Commissioner Santosh Jha handed over the supplies to Sri Lankan Minister for Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe.
India, on November 28, launched 'Operation Sagar Bandhu', a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) initiative, to aid Sri Lanka in its recovery from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.
Since the launch of the operation, India has provided about 58 tonnes of relief material, including dry rations, tents, tarpaulins, hygiene kits, essential cloths, water purification kits and about 4.5 tonnes of medicines and surgical equipment, the Indian mission said in a press release on Sunday.
Another 60 tonnes of equipment, including generators, inflatable rescue boats, Outboard Motors, and excavators, have also been brought to Sri Lanka, it said, adding that 185 tonnes of Bailey Bridge units were airlifted to restore critical connectivity along with 44 engineers.
Two columns of the National Disaster Response Force, comprising 80 experts and K9 units with specially trained dogs, assisted with immediate rescue and relief efforts in Sri Lanka.
Besides the field hospital in Mahiyanganaya, medical centres have also been set up in the badly hit Ja-Ela region and in Negombo. INS Vikrant, INS Udaygiri, and INS Sukanya provided immediate rescue and relief assistance to Sri Lanka.
Apart from the two Chetak helicopters deployed from INS Vikrant, two heavy-lift, MI-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force are actively involved in evacuations and airlifting relief material, the release said.
At the request of the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Centre, a virtual meeting was organised between DMC and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s National Remote Sensing Centre on Saturday.
Since the onset of the disaster, ISRO has been providing maps to assist DMC in its rescue efforts, the release said.
