Kolkata: A student of National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD) at Baranagar near here was found lying unconscious in his hostel room by batch mates and rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, officials at the medical facility said on Tuesday.
Protests have broken out on the campus of the central institute, where individuals are trained to become physiotherapists, orthotists and prosthetists, and orthopaedically challenged patients are given basic care, alleging that authorities failed to take prompt measures to arrange medical aid on Monday for Priyaranjan Singh, "who could have been saved".
A section of students locked the main gate of the institute, leaving staff and patients waiting outside. Some of them were seen treating patients outside the institute gate. (PTI)
