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MBBS student from Jaipur ends life at Kota medical college

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Mar 7, 2025, 10:09 IST

JAIPUR: A 26-year-old MBBS student of Kota Medical College died by suicide in his hostel room Wednesday night, leaving a brief note apologising to his parents for not being able to fulfil their dreams. The student, Sunil Bairwa, was a resident of Bassi in Jaipur.

Police said Sunil was suspended from college for a year during third year after being allegedly caught cheating, which led to the cancellation of two papers he wrote. Officials suspect the suspension and subsequent struggles with the college administration pushed him into depression, ultimately leading to his death.

His body was discovered in his room at the undergraduate hostel, according to Mahaveer Nagar police station SHO Ramesh Kavia. The hostel warden first informed the college principal, who then contacted the police. Officers found the two-line suicide note in his room.

Alleging harassment by the college, Sunil's father, Kajodmal, said Sunil secured admission to Kota Medical College in the 2019-20 after learing NEET. Kajodmal said Sunil failed his first year exam, but a review of his answer sheets after the family filed a case with Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) declared him as having passed nearly eight months after the original results were published.

Sunil encountered fresh difficulties in the third year, when he was accused of cheating, resulting in two papers he wrote getting cancelled. Kajodmal alleged Sunil was unable to continue his studies in the last year and a half after successive difficulties. He also said whenever Sunil approached the administration to seek resolution, they harassed him instead of offering support.

Delhi-bound Air India flight returns to Chicago after being airborne for 10 hours,

here is why

The aircraft had to return as many of the lavatories were clogged: Source

PTI

New Delhi/Mumbai, Updated At : 08:14 PM Mar 06, 2025 IST

Photo for representational purpose only. PTI file

An Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi returned to the US city after being airborne for more than ten hours on Thursday, with the airline saying the return was due to a technical issue.

However, a source aware of the development told PTI that the aircraft had to return as many of the lavatories were clogged.

The flight was operated with a Boeing 777-337 ER aircraft and returned to Chicago’s ORD airport after being airborne for over ten hours, according to information available on flight tracking website flightradar24.com.

There are 10 lavatories, including two for first-class passengers, in the Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft operated by Air India and has little over 340 seats, including first, business and economy class seats, the source said.

The source also said only 1 lavatory was functional.

When reached out for comments, an Air India spokesperson said AI126 operating Chicago to Delhi on March 6 air-returned to Chicago due to a technical issue.

“Upon landing at Chicago, all passengers and crew disembarked normally and have been provided with accommodation to minimise inconvenience. Alternative arrangements are being made to fly the passengers to their destination,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

The spokesperson also said that full refunds on cancellation and complimentary rescheduling are also being offered to passengers if opted by them.

Lack of grace marks reels in medicos as 14% fail exam

Mar 5, 2025, 23:56 IST

SLUG: PG MEDICAL 7.3.2025

Ahmedabad: As many as 14% postgraduate medical students out of 300 who had appeared in their exams in Dec 2024 failed to clear it. All had sought re-checking of the marks. However, as the Gujarat University (GU)'s digital assessment system did not show any scope for alteration, the students and members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Wednesday demanded faculty-led re-evaluation. Sources said that the high failure rate was due to discontinuation of grace marks awarded to students.

The result for the MD, MS and DNB courses was declared on Feb 20. The students claimed that they had performed adequately well, but majority have failed in paper 2 and 3. They have submitted a formal request to the university authorities seeking physical re-verification of their answersheets.

In response to the student demonstration, GU authorities plan to petition the National Medical Commission (NMC) for a review. Subject to approval, physical rechecking would be undertaken. Students and ABVP members alleged that their request for manual rechecking remained unaddressed for over a week.

Experts associated with medical examinations stated that earlier practice of awarding minimal grace marks to students who marginally failed was discontinued following recent NMC regulations. "If the student was failing the exam for up to cumulative 5-7 marks, the examiners would often provide the grace marks. But this year, this practice is not followed, and is believed to be one of the reasons for relatively higher failure percentage," said an official associated with medical fraternity.

Address exorbitant fee hike, medicos urge min

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 07.03.2025

Hyderabad : Dental and medical students pursuing PG courses on Thursday appealed to health minister Damodar Rajanarasimhato intervene and address the concerns regarding the exorbitant fees charged by private dental institutions. According to the students, dental colleges have now almost doubled the fees they initially charged. They said this increase will impose huge financial constra ints on them. “When I took admission under the A category, I paid a fee of ₹3.4 lakh for that year. But now, the colleges are forcing us to pay fees of up to ₹6 lakh. Moreove r, they are asking me to pay the revised amount for my first year as well. Certificates of students who completed their final year are also being withheld until they pay the fee as per the revised amount.

What is the poiint of securing a seat on merit if we could have directly paid for the management quota (category B and C) for admission? This will put an additional burden on our parents too, as most students come from middle-income groups. We have to shell out money from our own pockets for conferences, instruments, and other logistics,” a second-year MDS student at a Hyderabad dental colleg e told TOIon the condition of anonymity. According to the All India Dental Students Association (AIDSA), citing GO 107, the fee for category B has been raised from around ₹7 lakh to as high a s ₹13 lakh by dental colleges. Similarly, the fee for category Cwill be 1.5 times higher than category B, as per the GO.

NEWS TODAY 7.3.2025

2 students killed as car rams truck

07.03.2025

Chennai : Two college students died when the car they were travelling in rammed a truck near Urapakkam on the Chennai-Trichy national highway on Thursday morning. Three other students in the car sustained injuries and are currently undergoing treatment. The deceased were identified as Thanesh Reddy, 21, a third-year engineering student at a private college in Potheri, and Shreyas, 21, who was studying in Andhra Pradesh. Shreyas had come to visit Thanesh along with his friends Harini, 21, and Uma, 21. On Thursday morning, the group of five —Thanesh, his friend Mohammad, Shreyas, Harini, and Uma —were en route to Tambaram, with Thanesh driving. During their journey, a lorry in front of them suddenly stopped. Thanesh tried to brake but was unable to avoid a collision with the lorry. Thanesh and Shreyas died on the spot. Three other students, Harini, Uma, and Mohammad, 21, were taken to Chengalpet Govt Hospital.TNN

Chicken bone costs Mumbai mom ₹4 lakh, 21 days in hosp

3.2CM BONE DAMAGED RUBY’S OESOPHAGUS

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 07.03.2025

Mumbai : A dinner treat turned into a misadventure for Kurla’s Shaikh family. On Feb 3, Ruby Shaikh (name changed), a 34-year-old woman juggling a seven-year-old daughter, a six-monthold son and four in-laws, was enjoying a rare treat — chicken biryani from a local restaurant. Little did she know that a chicken bone would take her on a month-long medical journey that would baffle doctors. The modestly priced biryani left Ruby’s husband, a supervisor in a local factory, with an ₹8 lakh bill, though the hospital later halved it through donations. The 3.2cm chicken bone that damaged Ruby’s oesophagus was extracted on Feb 8. But when doctors at Criticare Asia Hospital began the throat procedure, it vanished from its initial position (C4-C5 vertebral discs). X-ray and ultrasound examinations couldn’t find it in the chest or abdomen. A CT scan, performed while the patient was intubated, revealed its unexpected upward movement to the nasopharynx, the topmost part of the throat.

The operation lasted eight hours instead of two hours. Immediately after choking on Feb 3, Ruby arrived at the hospital where an X-ray scan showed a foreign object in her neck. Moved upwards,

Due to effect of anaesthesia, bone moved upwards: Doc

Ruby refused CT scans and admission but returned two days later with fever, high blood pressure, and oral infection. This time, through endoscopy and CT scans, doctors found the foreign body in the cervical oesophagus, having caused bilateral perforations. ENT surgeon Dr Sanjay Helale said, “Scans carried out before the surgery revealed the bone was still in the earlier position.” He chose an open surgery as the bone was close to the carotid artery to the brain and the patient’s perforated food pipe needed repair. “Perhaps due to manipulations of the oesophagus during dissection or due to the effect of anaesthesia, the bone moved upwards,” said Dr Helale, who plans to send the case to a medical journal for publication. Dr Ajay Bhandarwar, head of the surgery department at J J Hospital, Byculla, said the movement from the food pipe back to the throat was unusual.

Ruby, who was fed through a tube for weeks, has meanwhile told her husband that she will not eat biryani or cook it.