Nalsar University to investigate claims of lapses following student's death on campus

 Days after a fifth-year LLB student passed away on campus, NALSAR University on Tuesday announced it will investigate lapses at the primary health centre and rectify them at the earliest so that the incidents do not repeat themselves due to "institutional lapses".

The varsity, through a release, also specified that there is no correlation between Sahastranshu Pandey's death and the Onam celebrations organized on campus on Sept 20.

"Pandey was sitting in his room with his friends watching a film when he suddenly became unconscious. Right away, they ran to seek assistance from other batchmates. Revising their stance, his friends did everything they could to revive him. They called immediately for emergency assistance from the university health centre," the release added. "The students stated that the night duty physician was not able to react effectively and was not willing to hasten to the scene and provide critical emergency treatment. After a few minutes, he was shifted to the ambulance together with his friends, and they sped to the nearest well-equipped medical facility," it further added.

The students, as per the university, pointed out that during the ambulance ride, the university doctor was never able to help Pandey and couldn't even work the oxygen cylinder, losing valuable time. "The oxygen facility in the university ambulance was unsatisfactory. It was only his friends who tried their best to make him regain consciousness till they reached," it further added.

The Nalsar administration stated that while physicians at the hospital performed required medical procedures, they regretfully were unable to save Pandey.

"The vice-chancellor and wardens arrived while he was pronounced brought dead. He was then rushed to another hospital by his friends where the emergency physicians reiterated that he sadly died. On the request and after consulting his parents, no postmortem was performed and the university helped in sending his body back to his hometown in Chhattisgarh," varsity officials said.

The VC also announced that the university administration intimated the local police and the Chief Justice of Telangana high court, who is the ex-officio chancellor of the university, regarding the incident.