Srinagar, Oct 9 (KNS): Veterinarian students at SKUAST, Shuhama, Ganderbal, have boycotted their classes this morning following “heart attack” of their colleague in the varsity lawns on Thursday evening. The students are protesting in the campus against the university administration for failing to provide medical aid to the student and rushing him to a hospital.
Rouf Ahmad, a student, told KNS over phone that Irfan Shah, a 4th year student of Veterinary Science, from Kishtwar, suffered heart attack in the university campus on Thursday evening and was rushed to the SKIMS, Soura, where he is in ICU for treatment.
Shah is a boarder in the varsity hostel.
Rouf lamented that the varsity administration did not provide any ambulance to the ailing student and hence they have started protests against the administration for “not caring” about the health and welfare of the students.
“No immediate medical facility was provided by the University administration to our colleague even though he was lying like a corpse.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelNot even ambulance was made available to him,” Ahmad complained.
He said that the administration was not moved by the "fatal blow" to their student. “Had we not acted on time, Shah would have lost his battle with life,” he said.
Agitated with the university’s “carelessness”, all the students have started protests in the university and have boycotted their classes, he said.
SKUAST Dean Veterinary Science Dr Sarfaraz told KNS over phone that the driver of the ambulance was not immediately available to take the ailing student to a hospital. “It took some time to arrange another driver to shift the student to SKIMS,” he said, adding that the absent driver has been suspended from his service.
About the current health status of the student, the Dean said that his condition is “alright” after treatment by doctors at SKIMS. But he said that the student had not suffered heart attack, though he has some “heart problem.” (KNS)