On Thursday morning, the management of the hostel bolted
the door at the only entrance and exit from the hostel, locking the students
inside.
Students of the Government Nursing School at Mahatma
Gandhi Government Memorial Hospital were locked up inside their hostel by the
management on Thursday morning, to prevent them from continuing their protests.
The students had begun protests on the hospital premises
on Wednesday against the recent High Court verdict which stipulated that future
appointments for nursing jobs in government institutions be based on a common
entrance examination in which both students of government nursing colleges and
private institutions can compete. Till now, students of government colleges
were given preference for government appointments.
On Thursday morning, the management of the hostel bolted
the door at the only entrance and exit from the hostel, locking the students
inside.
P.Karkuzhali, the dean of Mahatma Gandhi Government
Memorial Hospital, had instructed the hostel authorities to let the students
out only after 10 a.m., according to a student.
Angered and upset, the students banged on the doors
attracting a lot of public attention. After several tense minutes, the hostel
management finally opened the door and let the students out.
The excited students brushed past each other in a hurry
to get out and resumed their protests near the gates of the hospital.
“I have conveyed a message about the protests to the
higher authorities and I am awaiting a reply. Till then I will not take any
action,” Ms. Karkhuzhali said.
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