Overview
- Nursing students at King George’s Medical University have launched an indefinite sit-in that has halted classes and clinical training while they press demands including the resignation of the college principal and dean.
- Students link the recent death of a second-year BSc nursing student to difficulties getting leave and to being required to do OPD and ward duties while unwell, though no official cause has been publicly confirmed.
- KGMU says it has issued a separate standard operating procedure on student safety and is conducting an internal inquiry that will consider medical evidence from the private hospital where the student was treated.
- The university sent letters to parents warning that students who miss scheduled teaching and training could face disciplinary action such as adverse entries in records, fines, or loss of eligibility to sit exams.
- The deceased student’s mother has written to the chief minister and senior officials seeking an impartial probe, a step that could move the case beyond campus remedies and increase public scrutiny of KGMU’s handling of student safety.