At the National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD) in the North 24 Parganas district’s Baranagar, a student was discovered hanging from the ceiling of his dorm room, setting off a protest on the campus of the institute over claims that the authorities neglected to arrange for medical assistance for the victim.
Priyaranjan Singh, 21, a native of Gaya in Bihar, was discovered hanging from the ceiling by his fellow classmates. One of the students claimed that the second-year student had just tried suicide but was still alive when they found him. After they had brought him down, the students requested that the police call an ambulance.
Priyaranjan was carried to Sagar Dutta Hospital by the students after receiving no medical attention at the institute; there, physicians proclaimed him dead.
On Tuesday morning, demonstrations broke out in front of the central institute, which trains students to become physiotherapists, prosthetists, and orthotists as well as provides basic medical care to patients who are orthopaedically challenged.
Staff and patients were left waiting outside the institute’s main gate after protesting students closed it. Outside the institute gate, some of them could be seen attending to patients.
On the campus, police were stationed in order to prevent any undesirable events. According to a police spokesman, the institute filed a complaint, and investigators are looking into how the student’s death came to be.
Student Nilkantha Bhattacharya stated, “The institute does not have emergency medical services available. We lost a fellow student yesterday as a result of this. The officials did nothing to help him or call for an ambulance. To get him to the hospital, we had to make plans. He might have been saved if assistance had arrived .
Another student remarked, “We have urged the administration to upgrade the facilities on several occasions, but nothing has been done. To stop a similar situation from happening again, action must be taken right away.
One of the protesters, Saptarshi Singha, claimed that because the institute administration failed to act quickly, the students had to ride a motorcycle to get him to the hospital.
However, a NILD spokeswoman said that the organisation had taken steps to transport Priyaranjan to a hospital in a car. “Priyaranjan had previously reported racial harassment against a senior, and appropriate action was taken against the offender,” she said. We are a rehab facility. There are no critical care facilities here. In his chamber, Priyaranjan was discovered to be dead. When we learned, we also quickly set up a ride for him to Sagar Dutta Medical College. We are attempting to persuade the students, the teacher remarked
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