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2 MBBS students drown: Parents donate deceased’s eyes, appeal against venturing near ‘dangerous spots’

Officials said the accident occurred when one of the students tried to venture close to the Narmada canal in Vadodara to retrieve a footwear as the other held him

Two students died after falling into the Narmada canal in Vadodara (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/)

A day after two third-year MBBS students of Gotri Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society (GMERS) college died after drowning in the Narmada canal near Ankodiya, heart-wrenching scenes were witnessed outside the post-mortem department of SSG hospital, where their families arrived to receive the bodies.

Families of Prem Madam and Aditya Ramakrishna arrived in Vadodara from Jamnagar and Surat, respectively, on Thursday. The families were inconsolable as they waited for the bodies at SSG hospital, where they had been kept in the cold room following post mortem examination.

Officials of the Vadodara taluka police station said that the accident occurred when one of the students tried to venture close to the canal to retrieve a footwear as the other held him. Both of them slipped into the canal in the process, according to eyewitnesses. We have registered a case of accidental death and the bodies were handed over to the families on Thursday,” an official of Vadodara taluka police station said.

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At the hospital, Ramakrishna’s family has donated his eyes in order to “keep him alive in a way”, according to his father.

Pravin Matam, father of Prem, urged people not to venture near dangerous spots. “We received a call from the police around 7pm last evening, informing us that our son and his friend had ventured near a canal and drowned by accident… The ground slipped from beneath our feet…” said Pravin who has lost his only son. “It is my earnest request to all parents and children: Please do not venture into isolated spots or such places which are treacherous and endanger life, especially water bodies… I cannot express the pain we are going through. There is nothing bigger than life…” he added.

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