Women Safety, Non-Upgradation Of Syllabus: Delhi AIIMS Students Protest Against Administration

New Delhi: Several students from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) staged a protest against the administration, highlighting multiple issues they face and demanding the establishment of a College of Optometry. Protesters raised concerns about the lack of available hostels, women's safety, and the non-upgradation of the syllabus.Naseer Hassan, a Bachelor of Optometry student at AIIMS, emphasised that their main demand is for improved education. He also noted that AIIMS has not yet implemented the curriculum set by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. "Our protest is against the administration of AIIMS, our primary demand is our education. AIIMS is unable to provide us with education. They are not making the College of Optometry. The curriculum that has been implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, hasn't been implemented by AIIMS. Teachers are not assigned to teach us. Students come here from different states but hostel facilities are not provided to them. Female safety is also an issue," Hassan said.First-year medical student Asha Choudhary expressed her concerns that hostels are not assigned upon their arrival, highlighting women's safety as another significant issue. "We have been sitting on protest outside the office for last 20 days. But we are not being heard. Our demands are we need College of Optometry, our classes don't happen on time, we don't have any curriculum...female safety is an issue, when we come on the first day, hostels are not allotted to us, we have to stay outside somewhere," she said.

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Anil Yadav, a second-year medical student at AIIMS, alleged that students are being "tortured" and "threatened" to end their protest. He further stated that despite multiple meetings, they have not received any response from the administration. "We have been sitting on protest for the last 20 days. Nobody is ready to listen to us. Today a meeting took place and similarly, 2-3 meetings happened earlier as well but they are not giving us any response. We have been tortured...we have been threatened that if we don't end our protest, we will be lathi-charged. There are around 50 Police personnel present at AIIMS even now...they are very corrupt...their corruption should come out...mental health of the students is being affected because of this," he said.(With ANI inputs)