LAHORE: The Chief Minister’s Inspection Team’s (CMIT) report on tragic death of a student due to cardiac arrest at University of Management and Technology (UMT) has raised concerns and questions over the provision of medical facilities at campuses of private universities. Teachers, students and parents have raised serious concern over unavailability of first aid medical facilities in private universities charging huge amount in wake of tuition fee. It is pertinent to mention here that a student of UMT, Moin Manzoor, lost his life on June 13, when he was sitting at campus’s library. After the death of the student, the Punjab Chief Minister ordered CMIT to probe into the matter. However, the inquiry report of CMIT claimed that the death of student was due to heart failure and there was no emergency care facility available in the university. The chief minister had also ordered to form a committee in supervision of Punjab Higher Education Commission chairman (PHEC) to review the emergency care facilities in public and private varsities across Punjab. Meanwhile, the private universities in the provincial capital and across Punjab are facing severe criticism due to non provision of emergency care and first aid medical facilities at their campuses despite charging huge amount from students. It is pertinent to mention that the provincial capital is home to several private universities which are providing quality education to thousands of youth against handsome tuition fee. Private universities including UMT, University of Central Punjab (UCP), University of Lahore (UoL), Bahaudin Zakaria University (BZU) Lahore Campus, Lahore Leads University, FAST, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Beaconhouse National University (BNU), University of Sargodha Lahore Campus, University of Gujrat Lahore Campus, Superior University, Preston University, University of South Asia, Hajvery University, Minhaj University, University College Lahore, Lahore School of Economics (LSE) are located in provincial capital. All these universities are charging high fee for both bachelors and masters degree programmes. Teachers, students and their parents have demanded the Higher Education Commission (HEC), the PHEC and other authorities concerned to take strict action against universities which were lacking sufficient first aid and medical facilities at their campuses. Talking to Daily Times, Khaled, father of a student, said that parents spent hard-earned money on quality education of their beloved children but in return universities should also provide basic health facilities to students when needed. Mother of a lecturer, Hina, was of the view that her daughter was suffering from asthma and after hearing this news, she believed that her daughter had to change her job as she fear that the university might not be able to provide her daughter the medication in case of any emergency. She said that universities should not only set up medical centres but they must ensure the availability of highly qualified doctors. When contacted, Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) Chairman Dr Nizamud Din said that the committee formed by Punjab CM would identify those universities which were without such facilities and they would be asked to upgrade their medical facility. He said that a meeting of the committee would be summoned to check status of the existing medical facilities within the universities and a comprehensive plan would be chalked out to ensure provision of medical facilities there.