A scene from a march taken out by the Kerala Students Union to the Government Nursing College in Kottayam on Friday, where a ragging case was reported.
| Photo Credit: Vishnu Pratap
The United Nurses Association (UNA) has called on the Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council (KNMC) to take immediate action against senior nursing students at the Government College of Nursing, Kottayam, who are accused of subjecting junior students to horrific ragging.
The UNA demanded that the senior students be expelled and permanently banned from enrolling in any nursing school.
The association insisted that an urgent council meeting be convened to ensure these students were barred from appearing for their upcoming examinations. The KNMC must issue an immediate directive to the Kottayam nursing college to take swift action, the UNA stressed.
The association also called for a system where all students, especially juniors, had the right to think and act freely without fear or intimidation.
The call comes in the wake of  a recent verdict of a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court recently staying a single judge’s directive to readmit the students who are accused in a case relating to the death of Sidharthan J.S. of the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in Wayanad and allow them to study on the Mannuthy college campus.
Published – February 14, 2025 09:48 pm IST