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We are hopeful to find solutions soon,” said Sagnik Saha, a final-year medical technology student who is also a leader of the All Bengal Paramedic Students’ Unit. Though the patient was Hepatitis B positive, the student was neither asked to use gloves nor was she told about the patient’s condition. The person making a channel on a patient in the OT could also be an OT technology trainee.In a startling revelation, these trainees said that they are asked to take up such critical work just days into the course, endangering lives of the patients. KOLKATA: The next time you land up at a government hospital with an emergency, especially at night, the person attending you could be a paramedic trainee , only a few days into the course. As a result, the patient’s blood spurted on her hand.Swasthya Bhawan officials said these issues are being discussed and steps are being planned to address them..