WARANGAL: Students at the BSc Nursing College in MGM Hospital, Warangal, had a narrow escape after the ceiling of their college building collapsed moments before they entered the premises. No injuries were reported.
Sources said that, as usual, the students attended classes in the college before proceeding to the hospital wards to learn about nursing care.
On Monday morning, the students were shocked to see the collapsed ceiling and immediately informed the college principal.
According to sources, the building was already in a dilapidated condition when it was converted into a hospital decades ago. They alleged that the principal has shown little interest in shifting the college from the teaching hospital premises to a proposed facility on Warangal Railway Station Road
Around 180 students are currently enrolled at the BSc Nursing College, which operates from an old building inside MGM Hospital.
Students alleged that the authorities have ignored basic safety measures in the hostel rooms.
Fear persists among students as parts of the roof continue to collapse in classrooms, worsening the already precarious state of the college.
Students claimed they have been facing accommodation issues for the past five years due to the negligence of hospital authorities, who have not permitted the college to shift from the unsafe building.
“With this incident, we have shifted the girl students to another building,” said RMO Dr M Ashwin.