CRRI students sore about quality of hostel food

05/2020, STAFF REPORTER,MADURAI

Following a house surgeon having been tested positive for COVID-19 on May 2, those doing compulsory rotatory residential internship (CRRI) at Government Rajaji Hospital here have raised a complaint on Monday that they did not get to eat proper food for the past two days.

They took to social media on Saturday to air their grievances.

The Tamil Nadu Medical Students Association has sent a representation to the the Collector, urging him to ensure that the students were provided proper food.

According to a student, when the hostel was shut down after the house surgeon tested positive, mess workers became apprehensive about coming to the hostel.

While some students in charge of the mess arranged for food, the quality was not good.

“A good meal is one of the few incentives for working hard and fighting a deadly disease,” the student said.

A GRH source said food had been arranged for 150 CRRI students and 30 postgraduates at the hostel.

“We have already provided them two good meals today, including hygienically prepared non-vegetarian food,” the source said.