State tightens monitoring in medical colleges after PG student’s arrest in narcotics bust

Days aft a post-graduate doc from the Forensic Science Department of government-run Gandhi Hospital was arrested pursuing the seizure of synthetic and imported narcotics worthy astir ₹3 lakh from his Musheerabad residence, the Telangana authorities has moved to tighten oversight successful aesculapian institutions.

The Director of Medical Education (DME) has issued a circular connected Thursday directing each authorities aesculapian colleges successful the State to reenforce subject and forestall recurrence of specified incidents. The bid instructed principals of authorities aesculapian colleges to instrumentality contiguous and strict enactment to guarantee compliance with preventive measures.

As portion of the directive, principals person been asked to convene meetings with Heads of Departments (HoDs) and hostel wardens of some boys’ and girls’ hostels to sermon ways to curb cause usage and support field discipline. The circular besides makes it mandatory for wardens and principals oregon vice-principals to behaviour regular hostel inspections.

Additionally, aesculapian colleges person been told to organise consciousness and sensitisation sessions successful coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Bureau to amended students connected the dangers of cause maltreatment and its ineligible and wellness consequences.