The parents of two of the residential interns (house surgeons) of the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS), who, while taking selfies, had drowned in the Visvesvaraya Canal on February 12, have urged the authorities to provide them compensation on humanitarian grounds.
Jeevan, L.P. Shruthi of Bengaluru and Girish of Tumakuru had drowned in the canal near Huliwana in Keregodu police station limits.
“The State government or the MIMS should compensate us as we are from economically poor section of society,” Guruprakash, father of Shruthi, said. Speaking to presspersons here on Friday, he said that he sells clothes to make a living.
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Jeevan’s parents —S. Jayaram and A. Chandrakanthaa — also requested the MIMS to pay them compensation as they were struggling to run their family as well as to pay their medical bills.