CHANDIGARH: The Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital has taken a series of measures to ensure zero tolerance towards ragging on the college and hospital campus, near here.

To ensure that ragging does not take place on its campuses, the GSMCH has put up notices all over the campuses of the colleges being run by the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust regarding "zero tolerance" towards ragging.

Dr A. S. Sekhon, Principal of the Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital and Dean Colleges, said that notices detailing when and to whom one has to turn for information, help and guidance for various purposes, keeping in view the needs of new entrants in the institution, along with the addresses and telephone numbers of such persons, had been given to freshers at the time of admissions so that the freshers did not need to look up to the seniors for help in such matters and feel indebted to or obliged by them.

Dr Sekhon said that as a step further in this direction the management, the principal, the teaching staff interacted with freshers and took them in confidence by apprising them of their rights as well as obligation to fight against ragging. The freshers were assured that any instance of ragging brought to the notice of the college authorities would be promptly dealt with while protecting the complainants from any harassment by perpetrators of ragging.

He said that the college had also constituted a committee consisting of senior faculty members and hostel authorities like wardens to keep a continuous watch and vigil over ragging so as to prevent its occurrence and recurrence. 

Dr Sekhon said that special vigil was being maintained in hostels as stay in hostels had been made mandatory according to directions of the Medical Council of India. The hostels, he said, had been provided with all modern amenities and special arrangements had been made for stay of NRI students according to their requirements. 

Meanwhile, the students of the second batch of MBBS were welcomed on their admission at a special assembly organized by the college. Parents and guardians of the students also attended the assembly where they were accorded welcome by the senior faculty members and functionaries of the college management.