Vijayawada: The YSR Congress Party has sharply condemned the appalling conditions at Eluru Medical College, where six students were bitten by rats in the hostel premises, forcing them to undergo anti-rabies treatment.

Addressing a press conference in Vijayawada on Sunday, Dr. Ambati Naga Radhakrishna, chairman of the YSRCP Doctors’ Wing, and Dr M Prabhu Das, the wing’s state general secretary, said the incident exposed the gross negligence of the ruling NDA government in maintaining basic sanitation and safety in government-run institutions.

“This kind of administrative apathy in medical colleges, which are responsible for training future doctors, is unacceptable,” the YSRCP leaders said, demanding that the government take immediate corrective action and ensure proper living conditions

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