Medical College students' fast enters 6th day

The indefinite fast of six students of the state run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital entered sixth day today.

The fast was undertaken to press for their demand for accommodation in a new hostel which is allotted only for first year students, the agitating students said.

Principal Uchhal Bhadra, in a fresh appeal, today urged the students to withdraw the fast.

"With the admission process to the first year going on, I urge the students not to continue the fast. We will sympathetically consider their problem. We are ready for dialogues any moment. We had previously held talks on July 13. Our doors are open all the time," he said.

The fasting students belonged to the second, third and fourth year of the state-run medical college and hospital.

They demanded that senior students should be housed in the newly-built hostel complex which has plenty of spaces and they should not forced to put up at the "run-down, old hostel building for seniors."
The students, however, said, "Our demand is non-negotiable."