Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Students’ Union (RIMSSU) opined that as COVID-19 second wave is on the rise, people should take necessary steps to protect and prevent the situation rather than holding dharnas, organising rallies and spreading false rumours
TFM Desk
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Students’ Union (RIMSSU) urged the Justice for Sanaton Athokpam (JFSA) and all concerned to refrain from “tarnishing the image of RIMS with immediate effect”.
“It would be rather wise for all to honour the magisterial enquiry and stop the blame game in the media while accepting the law to take its own course,” stated a release by RIMSSU president Bishal Roy on Wednesday.
RIMSSU opined that as COVID-19 second wave is on rise, people should take necessary steps to protect and prevent the situation rather than holding dharnas, organising rallies and spreading false rumours.
RIMSSU also condemned the “repeated and unsubstantial blames put against our teachers and authority alike”. When all the RIMS community has been sharing the grief and cooperating with magisterial enquiry, the repeated false accusations against the authorities, teachers or students is highly unfortunate, it added.
Alleging that some organisations have been trying to “interfere” within the jurisdiction of RIMS authority, RIMSSU asserted that it is “highly unwelcomed”.
“Clarification has been provided from our side after meeting various students’ organisations, on April 22. They should also understand that RIMS is a national level institute and interference by some local organisations which is uncalled for, is highly unfortunate,” it stated.
RIMSSU further said that the “imbecile act” of demanding the arrest of warden and terming the director and dean as “irresponsible” by JFSA is “highly unacceptable and hard to digest”.
Lauding the director and dean, the student body claimed that RIMS under the supervision of the director and dean have witnessed many changes — from the hospital to handling of huge patients load and addressing all the students’ issues. These improvements and proper management has resulted in achieving 28th Rank under National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) all over India, which is a proud moment for all the students and Manipur, it added.
“How can someone who does not have any idea about the working procedure of RIMS call someone irresponsible?”
A medical student of RIMS, Sanaton Athokpam of Khurai Thangjam Leikai was allegedly found dead in his hostel room on March 15. Alleging conspiracy, JFSA has been spearheading the agitations demanding to reveal the truth behind the death. A 24-hour statewide total shutdown called by JFSA concluded on Tuesday.