MADURAI: Authorities of a college near Dindigul town in southern Tamil Nadu have denied hostel accommodation to an HIV positive student after they learnt about his health condition. Staff at the Amman College of Arts and Science asked P Manikandan, 22, a second-year student of BSc computer science, to vacate his room as he fell ill often.
The Dindigul administration, instead of advising the college to accommodate the youth in the hostel, has agreed to take care of his accommodation expenses outside. Collector M Vallalar told TOI that activists brought the issue to him and he had made enquiries. "The college administration told me that the student was frequently ill with fever and diarrhoea and as the boys were staying in a dormitory, others were also affected." So, the college decided to ask Manikandan to live outside the campus
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