Overview
- Students of Government Medical College, Jagtial have launched an indefinite peaceful protest demanding time-bound handover of furnished hostels and finished academic buildings because the permanent campus remains incomplete.
- Pupils report living in rented hostels with six to eight students per room and shared washrooms, while classes run from makeshift lecture halls and only three common laboratories serve multiple batches.
- The college lacks dedicated transport, which students say has prevented them from completing required field postings such as the Family Adoption Programme and Rural/Urban Health Training Centre assignments.
- Students say they have raised the issues with the local MLA, district collector, the Roads and Buildings Department and contractors for over two years but received only verbal assurances and no concrete progress.
- The Federation of All India Medical Association has backed the protest and questioned how MBBS admissions proceeded without verified permanent facilities, a critique that could prompt scrutiny of the National Medical Commission’s inspection and approval processes.