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Vijayawada accident: Injured OGH medical students back in Hyderabad

Meanwhile, there was a protest in Adilabad where G. Laxman's body was taken for its final rites.

Hyderabad: Six injured students of Osmania Medical College were shifted to Osmania General Hospital from a Vijayawada hospital on Wednesday as they were stable and would be treated in the city hospital. The other two students S Rajesh and K Sujith continue to be on ventilator support and a team of doctors from OGH are attending to them in Vijayawada.

Dr M Ramani, director of health and medical education, explained, “Those students who are stable are being brought back to the city from Vijayawada via ambulance and they will be taken care by OGH doctors.”

Meanwhile, there was a protest in Adilabad where G. Laxman’s body was taken for its final rites. The villagers and also students protested and demanded immediate ex-gratia payment to the family members and a government job to the kin.

Dr G. Srinivas, president of the Junior Doctors Association, said, “The loss of students is due to the negligence of the driver and apart from taking action against the travel agent the government must also compensate the families.”

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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