Student's on hunger strike forcibly admitted at MY Hospital

INDORE: The aggrieved victims of Madhya Pradesh Pre-Medical Test (MPPMT) scam who are on an indefinite hunger strike outside Mahatma Gandhi Medical College (MGMC) since December 25, had a harrowing Sunday morning, when they were allegedly dragged out of their tents by the police and lugged into ambulance to the MY Hospital.

At around 7am, the doctors performed medical check-up of students and later police forcibly pulled out the protesting students from the tents and took them to MY Hospital, in ambulance to break their fast.

"We were sleeping when the police team came on the spot. They said they were not going to take us anywhere. Then, doctors performed check-up and suddenly the police took us in ambulance to the hospital," said one of the protestors Poonam Sharma.

However, the students are not down. "Our protest has not ended. We will continue to protest further," Sharma said.

She further said that we were protesting peacefully outside the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College (MGMC) but the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) team removed our tents, beddings and Rs 5,000 cash which we had with us.

The students were admitted in the ICCU of the MYH however they refused to take any medical help in the hospital. But, as the vital health parameters of the students were critical, the doctors gave them medicines through intravenous route.

"We were really shocked when one of the doctors treating us wrote to the head of department of psychiatry for evaluation and opinion. We are among the candidates figuring among the candidates wait listed in MPPMT merit list and still we're being treated as patients of mental disorders. Government is not taking any action on our demands, but instead treating us with indifference," said Sharma. Doctors had sought psychiatric evaluation of the Kadam Raj and Poonam Sharma in afternoon.

It was the fifth day of their protest to demand admission on the seats vacated after nullifying the admission of fake candidates.

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