CM orders Taiwanese cuisine for tourists injured in Sunday's firing
CM orders Taiwanese cuisine for tourists injured in Sunday's firingWhile the police are still struggling to unravel the mystery behind Sunday's shooting incident in old Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit opted for a different approach to cool down matters.u00a0
Taking charge: The deputy commisioner at Taiwan Embassy(extreme
left) at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital.u00a0 PIC/IMTIYAZ KHAN"Please give Taiwanese food to the patients," said Sheila to the hospital administration taking care of the two tourists injured in the attack.
The Delhi CM visited the Taiwanese tourists on Monday morning. She met the hospital medical superintendent to find out about their condition and the food being served to them.
u00a0"The CM has instructed us to get Taiwanese food for the injured tourists. The Commissioner of Taiwan will arrange the required cuisine for them," said Amit Banerjee, Medical Superintendent, Lok Nayak Hospital.
"She was like a mother concerned for her kids. Having Taiwanese food will make them feel at home," said Dr Banerjee. As per hospital sources, the first thing that the Taiwan tourists were served was Dal Soup.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders Rajnath Singh, Vijay Jolly and Vijender Gupta came to visit both the tourists at the hospital on Monday.
"I met the tourists. They are completely fine now but as the Commonwealth Games are close, this is not a good thing to happen. It is definitely a terrorist attack," said Rajnath Singh.
Reportedly, on Sunday, Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram, former youth congress leader Maninder Singh Bitta, BJP leader Vijay Jolly, Health Minister Kiran Walia and Imam Bukhari from Jama Masjid came to visit the injured tourists but were not allowed to meet them. "Yes, they all visited the hospital to meet the Taiwanese tourists but they were not allowed a meeting," said Dr Banerjee.
u00a0Apparently, after the operation, both of them were under observation for 24 hours. Till that time, they were kept in the ICU where no one was allowed to meet them.
When this MiD DAY reporter visited the ICU of the hospital, there were visitors from the Taiwan embassy. "We are from Taiwan embassy to support our people. As of now, we cannot tell you anything else. We will communicate through the Taiwan media," said one of the members from the embassy present at the ICU.
u00a0A total of five to six people were present there, covering their face with swine flu masks. Out of the two tourists, one has been discharged on Monday evening while the other will be fit to leave in a day or two.
u00a0"Chiang is making satisfactory recovery. He would probably be discharged in a couple of days," said Dr Banerjee.
COMMUNICATION GAP
An interpreter was present with the Taiwan tourists to communicate with the hospital staff and authorities. According to hospital sources, the tourists could not understand English.When this MiD DAY reporter tried to contact the interpreter, he was not willing to speak to the media. "The interpreter is not ready to speak to any mediaperson," said a nurse present in the ICU.
Meanwhile, during this chaos, a body was lying outside the hospital gate from where the tourist and the other officials were making entry. The body was left lying there for almost an hour after which someone from the hospital directed the victim's widow in the right direction.u00a0
