Despite repeated counselling for treatment, the patient has declined from all medications, says hospital
\n new delhi
\nThe wife of an Indian hunger strike activist taken to hospital against his will accused the government on Sunday of \u201cillegal detention\u201d disguised as medical care.
\nPolice cited a court order and \u201cdeteriorating health condition\u201d on Saturday when they picked up Sonam Wangchuk, who had refused to eat since June 28 in protest of alleged university exam fraud.
\nThe activist, 59, has demanded the education minister\u2019s resignation after the leak of test materials that resulted in over 2 million students being forced to retake exams.
\nGitanjali J Angmo, Wangchuk\u2019s wife, said that she \u201clost faith\u201d in the government hospital which she said refused her desire to move her husband to a private facility. \u201cWith around 30 police personnel stationed on our floor and well over 100 across the hospital, our movement is severely restricted,\u201d Angmo said.
\n\u201cIt is not medical care. It is illegal detention,\u201d she said, adding she asked the High Court to allow her to move Wangchuk. The hospital late Saturday said that Wangchuk hadn\u2019t yet consented for recommended medical interventions.
\n\u201cDespite repeated counselling by the treating team and the independent expert regarding the urgent need for treatment, the patient has declined intravenous fluids, oral rehydration solution and all medications,\u201d the hospital said.
\nIndia\u2019s parliament session starts Monday and opposition parties have backed Wangchuk, and ongoing protests in New Delhi, where a few hundred students had joined him around his stage in recent weeks. Several political and farmers groups are expected to reach the New Delhi protest site, Jantar Mantar, to demonstrate during the parliament session.
\nThe founder of satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) online movement, Abhijeet Dipke, on Saturday announced an indefinite hunger strike after Wangchuk was moved to the hospital. Some 2.2 million aspiring medical students sat for a re-examination under tight security last month after the previous test was scrapped following a leak that triggered widespread outrage and fuelled youth protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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