Students of Universal Medical College on Sunday vandalised the hospital and staged demonstration after a student studying Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in the college died during the course of treatment at the hospital in Bhairahawa.

Mahadev Sah, a permanent resident of Janakpur, was admitted at the hospital for treatment after some pustules appeared in his body. He passed away while undergoing treatment at the ICU. The students resorted to demonstration accusing negligence on the part of hospital for Sah’s death.

The students gathered on the hospital premises and started chanting slogans saying that Sah died because he was administered wrong medicine. A large number of security personnel have been deployed at the hospital.

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