Kimia Torkashvand, an architecture student, for unknown reasons, attempted suicide in the women’s dormitory of Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan. Due to delayed efforts by governmental authorities to rescue her, she lost her life. University security’s 40-minute delay in allowing the ambulance entry contributed to the death of this young student.
Apparently, lack of access to emergency and urgent medical services within Iranian universities has become an unwritten rule. Last year, within a week, at least two students from Amirkabir University of Technology lost their lives due to delayed emergency medical services.
