Banur (Rajpura) : Students and staffers of Gian Sagar Medical College staged protest on the NH-64 Chandigarh-Bathinda Highway here on Monday.
Reasons behind the trouble here is far from getting over even as the Punjab government is mulling a proposal to shift about 900 students to other medical colleges following the ongoing financial crisis that grips the institution.
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Local Citizens tried to convince the protesters to make way for the emergency vehicles such as Ambulances, but girls denied it.
Talking to Living India, girls said that they were here from 4. am early morning and they will not move from here until Gian Sagar fulfill their demands.
As per reports, these students and staffers were doing protest from past three months, but today students came from various places such as Barnala, Bathinda, Amritsar to stand against the institution.
Future of more than 1500 students enrolled in MBBS and BDS courses at Gian Sagar medical college and hospital is at stake, with the state government has unable to resolve the financial crisis in the college.
On Monday, the staff members of the college blocked the national highway-64 (NH-64) near Rajpura seeking their rehabilitation in case the institution was shut down.
They demanded that the government should keep their interests in mind before taking a final call.
The medical college staffers had been protesting against the management of the institute as they had not been paid salaries for seven months.
The faculty has already suspended teaching and medical facilities at the institute in the last two months, sending the students in a tizzy who are now facing uncertainty about their future. At present, there are around 900 faculty members including doctors, paramedical staff, sweepers, technicians and electricians, who are also in a lurch.
All attempts made by the state government following direct intervention by the Punjab health minister Brahm Mohindra have so far failed to yield any results.