Ragging alleged in medico’s death

Kanpur: Parents alleged ragging as cause of death of MBBS second-year student of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial medical college, Tanya, 23, who had allegedly consumed toilet cleaner and died during treatment at Lala Lajpat Rai hospital on Wednesday.
The medical student’s father Narendra Kumar, a sub-inspector in state police department and living in Kidwai Nagar Y-1 block in the city, who was at the mortuary during the postmortem on Wednesday, told media that his daughter had informed him about ragging in the college.
“About seven months ago, Tanya told me that some seniors in the college had cut her long hair,” said Kumar, adding, “Two days before she was admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital, Tanya had told me that the college students used to make fun of her for some disability she had since birth.”
Principal of GSVM Medical College, Dr Sanjay Kala said it was not a case of ragging. “If Tanya was facing any such problems, she or her parents should have complained to the college management,” he said Thursday.
The student was living in a rented house in Kalyanpur in the city away from her family, police said, adding they were awaiting a complaint in this regard for taking any action.
On June 17, two youths had admitted her to the Emergency of LLR in a critical condition. Both the youths had disappeared mysteriously after admitting her to the hospital. They told the doctors that she had consumed toilet cleaner. Later, it was learnt that the girl is a student of the GSVM Medical College. As she was a student of the medical college, Dr. Kala himself was monitoring her treatment.
According to doctors, the girl’s intestines suffered major complications. “Along with this, she died due to multi-organ failure,” they added.