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Indian Express
an hour ago
- Health
- Indian Express
MBBS students, kin struggle to cope with trauma and uncertain future
Beset with anxiety, parents and family members of the MBBS students of Ahmedabad's BJ Medical College and Hospital, where the London-bound Air India plane plunged into moments after taking off on June 12, are a worried lot even as many students continue to struggle with their classes suspended and no information on their resumption. The mobile phones damaged in the crash, offering limited communication, is only adding to the woes on both sides. 'I would try and convince my parents that I am fine through daily video calls but they continued to worry about my safety. Finally, I asked my elder brother to visit me in Ahmedabad. He came by train, stayed with me for a day but returned a little worried,' a third-year student from Uttar Pradesh, who was among the first rescuers to reach out to the juniors, told The Indian Express on the condition of anonymity. In the absence of the classes, the MBBS undergraduate students based in Gujarat have returned home while those from outside the state have stayed back in the college hostels hoping things will normalise soon. Since most of the undergraduate students are still trying to come to terms with the accident, the exams, according to other students, are expected to be postponed. 'After days of sleeplessness, I was able to sleep last night. But my son is still unable to sleep. He was awake the whole night telling me that he cannot sleep as he sees the crash incident again and again,' Shilaben, mother of first-year MBBS student at BJ Medical College and Hospital, Jit Bhuriya, told this paper. Most of these undergraduate students lost their mobile phones, which were damaged in the crash, restricting their access to multiple things. Jit Bhuriya along with his friends had gone to the Atulyam hostel mess for lunch on June 12 when the AI 171 flight crashed into it and the ceiling collapsed on them burying them under the debris. Initially admitted at Civil Hospital Asarwa, Jit was shifted to a private hospital in Dahod and discharged on June 18. 'There is no information about the classes or exams yet,' Jit said. Another second-year student, Ritesh Kumar from Bihar, residing in Atulyam 12 hostel for undergraduate MBBS students who lost his mobile phone in the crash is in touch with a limited number of contacts now. 'After staying for a night in the hostel following my discharge from the hospital on 14, I came back home on repeated insistence of my family,' he tells this paper. Another first-year student, Akshat Jaiswal, who sustained a fracture in his leg, has returned to his home in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. His phone was also damaged in the crash. Pratham Kolcha from Mehsana with his three second-year batchmates, including his roommate, were on their way to the mess for lunch when they were engulfed by the flames of the burning fuel. All three with burn injuries are admitted at a private hospital in Ahmedabad. Family members of Kolcha, the first child in the family about to fulfill his medical dream, are concerned about his future. 'There is no intimation yet… it would be better if the classes and exams are extended,' Jagdishbhai Kolcha, an employee in ONGC Mehsana, who has been staying in Ahmedabad since June 12, told this paper. Pratham's two batchmates, who were injured along with him, are Surat resident Nikunj and Brijesh from Panchmahal. Second-year student and Anand resident Nikul Chaudhary, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ahmedabad said 'under trauma' he is 'not thinking about anything at the moment' but hoping things will get better at the earliest.
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Scrap bar exam: Advocates, students
Bengaluru: About 8,000 advocates and students in the state have called for the abolition of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), which they deemed unscientific. Citing the instance of an LLM graduate who could not clear the Bar Council of India's AIBE, All India Lawyers Union's Bengaluru district president TR Venkatesh Gowda said the exam is unscientific and there is no transparency. "We have given a memorandum to scrap it," he said. "When MBBS and engineering (graduates) do not have an exam to become professionals, why do advocates have it?" he said. The union's state secretary Srinivas Kumar also called AIBE unscientific. He said the courts of assistant commissioners and deputy commissioners have a lot of corruption, and cases are not cleared in the stipulated time. It is better to shift the cases to civil courts, he said. Harindra, state president said a signature campaign was held on June 13 to present the demands to the state govt through district officials. Lawyers are ready to lay siege to the Vidhana Soudha if their demands are not met in a month, he said.
New Indian Express
2 hours ago
- Health
- New Indian Express
Two Bhopal doctors anxiously await return of children stranded in war-hit Iran
BHOPAL: Two senior Unani medicine doctors in Bhopal are waiting with bated breath for the safe return of their children, both medical students, who are stranded in war-ravaged Iran. Dr Ehsan Azmi, a medical officer at Bhopal's Government HSZH Unani Medical College, is anxious for the safe return of his daughter Areej Ehsan, a second-year (fourth semester) MBBS student. Equally concerned is Dr Shahid Khan, a medical officer at Unani Shifakhana-Bhopal, whose son Mohd Haris Khan is in the eighth semester (fourth year) of the same course. Both Areej and Mohd Haris are pursuing their MBBS at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. 'Before Monday, my daughter said it seemed they were surviving in the jaws of death and destruction. But from Monday, the Indian Embassy in Tehran started working on a war footing to rescue the Indian students via the Indian Medical Students Association in the Iranian capital. We were particularly concerned about the safety of children, as there are reports that some of the nuclear scientists who were killed in the barrage of Israeli strikes, were actually from the Shahid Beheshti University only,' Dr Azmi told TNIE on Friday. Originally from Azamgarh district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Dr Azmi added, 'We had a slight sigh of relief when we came to know about the students, including my daughter, having been shifted by the Indian Embassy from war-ravaged Tehran to Qom city (around 160 km from Tehran) on June 15."
Mint
4 hours ago
- Mint
Air India plane crash: Six days after tragedy, 'missing' woman and two-year-old granddaughter confirmed dead
Days after the tragic Air India AI-717 plane crash the suspense surrounding a 52-year-old 'missing' woman and her granddaughter ended after a DNA test confirmed they were among the deceased, PTI quoted her family as saying. According to the report, Sarlaben Thakor has been employed as a cook at the mess at a medical hostel complex in Ahmedabad for the past 15 years. Sarlaben and two-year-old granddaughter Aadhya were handed over to their family members on Thursday at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital after a DNA test confirmed their death in the June 12 tragedy. "After the DNA test, the bodies of my mother Sarlaben and daughter Aadhya were handed over to us on Thursday. With a heavy heart, we cremated them the same day," PTI quoted Ravi Thakor, son of the woman, as saying. Ravi Thakor along with his family, including his deceased mother, and wife Lalita, for the past 15 years used to cook food for MBBS students at the hostel mess of BJ Medical College situated in Meghaninagar, where the tragedy struck in the afternoon more than a week ago. Just before the AI-717 plane crash, Ravi and Lalita Thakor left the mess for Civil Hospital to deliver food tiffins for senior resident doctors, while Aadhya and Sarlaben remained at the mess, where MBBS students living in the hostel gather for meal. "We left the mess at around 1 pm to deliver tiffins at the hospital. At around 1:40 pm, a plane suddenly smashed into the mess as well as the adjoining hostel building, and the entire area was engulfed in fire. When we reached the spot, my mother and daughter were missing while all other women working in the mess managed to come out," said Ravi Thakor. Following the AI-717 crash, Ravi Thakor and his wife frantically searched for Sarlaben and Aadhya at every possible location, including all wards of Civil Hospital and even the post-mortem room, but failed to locate them. Ravi's wife Lalita said they used to take along their son and daughter to the mess every day and leave them in custody of Sarladevi while going out to deliver tiffins at Civil Hospital. "My son was also in that building when the plane crashed. Luckily, he took cover inside the laundry shop of the hostel and then came out safely. After failing to locate my daughter and mother-in-law, we registered a missing persons' complaint and gave our DNA samples for matching with bodies," she said. Doctors matched the DNA samples with the mortal remains of Sarlaben and Aadhya a week after the crash and handed them over to the grieving kin on Thursday after establishing their identity. On 12 June, at 1.39 pm, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, with 242 persons on board crashed into the medical hostel complex in Meghaninagar moments after taking off for London from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. In the accident, more than 270 persons, including passengers and crew members (241) and those on the ground (29), were killed, while subsequent fire, which engulfed the aircraft as well as hostel buildings killed more people.
Time of India
4 hours ago
- Time of India
Operation Sindhu: 2 more flights with evacuated Indian students from Iran to land tonight; government steps up rescue efforts
Boarding of the evacuation flight from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. India has stepped up efforts in bringing back its citizens under Operation Sindhu from conflict ridden Middle East with back and forth attaks between Israel and Iran enterng Day 8. A day after flight carrying 110 Indians landed in Delhi, two more evacuation flights have been scheduled to arrive in India on Friday night. The first aircraft will touch down in Delhi at approximately 11:30 pm from Mashad, whilst the second flight from Ashgabat is expected to land in Delhi at about 3 am on Saturday. Whilst Indian embassies in Tehran and Tel Aviv are facilitating evacuations, many individuals dispersed across religious centres and universities face uncertain and dangerous circumstances regarding their return. Ten students from Bulandshahr's Sakhni village in UP have been unreachable since the recent missile strikes in Iran. Among them is 22-year-old Sadaf Zehra, a third-year MBBS student at Tehran University. Her father, Zia-ul-Hassan, said, "She said she was fine, then her phone went off. The next day she called and said the university had moved them to a safer location three hours away." Azhar Abbas, another student, survived a missile strike that claimed five of his classmates. "We spoke to him in a video call three days ago," said his uncle, Muzammil Abbas. "Since then, there has been no contact." Abbasi Beghum, 60, experienced dangerous blood pressure levels upon hearing about the attacks. "I lost my husband three years ago. I worked hard to send my son abroad." Across UP, numerous families face similar situations. Several pilgrims from Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Meerut were stranded in Iran, including 28 pilgrims from Lucknow, amongst them 83-year-old Kaneez Haider. The group had departed for Iraq on May 27 and entered Iran on June 9, planning to visit Karbala, Mashhad, Tehran, Nishapur and Kashan. Many had initially completed Haj, concluding with Eid on Monday, before proceeding to Iran - a typical route for Shia pilgrims visiting religious shrines. Tour operator Aqeel Jafar Rizvi of Mehndi Tours and Travels reported over 1,000 pilgrims from Lucknow in Iran, many experiencing financial difficulties and limited medicine access. Families in Kithaur's Isapur area of Meerut confirmed 11 additional pilgrims, including families with children, remain stranded.
