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"Students with mild fever can sit for MUHS exams": Maharashtra University of Health Sciences recently allowed students with mild fever and cold to appear for the upcoming health science examination (1/n)
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Despite students demanding that exams should either be cancelled or held online, state medical education minister #AmitDeshmukh has made it clear that exams will be held offline (2/n) #muhswakeup

There will be a provision of separate rooms for students with mild fever and MHUS will also provide Rs 3 Lakh to the bereaved family if anyone succumbs due to Covid-19 during the exam period.

But the students ask, is that enough? (3/n)
#muhs #muhsonlineexam

At a time when 80% of the students aren't even vaccinated and the daily caseload of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra is still over 25,000, the decision to conduct offline exams will put the lives of almost 50,000 medical students at risk (4/n)
#covid19 #mahacovid #Maharashtra

The Medica Students of Maharashtra (@MSOFMAHA) is protesting against the recent decision and urging the government to conduct online exams or promote the students without examinations (5/n)

We students aren’t afraid of giving exams, we’ve been preparing for exams for a year now but our main concern is the spread of infection and the risk of exposing the infection to our parents, grandparents or siblings or relatives back home: @MSOFMAHA (6/n)

Giving the exams offline would also mean that students return back to cramped hostels. There are discussions about how many students are testing positive in the hostel when the occupancy is only 30-40%. The situation will be unimaginable if all the students happen to return (7/n)

In the middle of a pandemic, the priority needs to be the health and well being of the students and not examinations. #muhs (8/8)
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