Faridabad medical college students on protest as 5 depts run without faculty, IPD services ‘non-functional’

Students at Shree Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College (SABVGMC) in Faridabad, Haryana, are on protest against the college administration, highlighting faculty shortage in several departments, including infrastructure failures, water shortage, and other issues.

The pioneer MBBS batch of the Faridabad-situated government medical college, which started in 2022, stated that despite being approved by the National Medical Commission (NMC) in the year 2020, the medical institution lacks steady supply of electricity , drinking water, and the necessary medical staff to train its students, according to an official statement.

The general medicine, radiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry departments at the co-ed medical institution have no faculties at present, the protesting students said.

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Recently, Lady Hardinge Medical College students had staged a protest, but on the poor conditions of their hostels.

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Explaining their ordeal during a sit-in demonstration, the students said: “The first MBBS batch came in the year 2022. At that time, hospital services, even the OPD were not functional. In the present time, OPD has started but the patient load is very minimal.”

"IPD services are still non-functional and even patients have to buy essential medicines from outside due to poor pharmacy services. The 2022 batch being the first batch is suffering the most,” they added.

The protesting medical college batch further said that they have taken the issue to the administration, but “no action has been taken and students are suffering in their exam times.”

“The other clinical departments have 1 or 2 faculties at the most. So the classes of these subjects are not being held as they should be and the authorities are being ignorant on this grave issue, they just give false hope and false promises to the students,” they said.

Students have also flagged no supply of basic needs such as electricity, clear water in the college.