14 September,2016 07:00 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Of late, a number of tragic tales have emerged, in which relatives of the dead have been made to run from pillar to post owing to apathy shown towards them. Here are some sorry stories
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Denied medical aid, 12-year-old dies on father's shoulder in Kanpur
A man who lost his 12-year-old son had to forcibly carry him on his shoulder in a bid to get him admitted in a hospital after one medical centre in Uttar Pradesh refused to admit him.
According to reports, Sunil Kumar, had taken his son Ansh to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital, one of Kanpur's biggest hospitals for high fever treatment. However, Kumar said that the staff and emergency ward of the hospital allegedly did not provide any assistance and delayed treatment by 30 minutes. The hospital authorities then allegedly told him to take his son to a children's hospital which was 250 metres away. This according to him led to his child's death.
Denied vehicle, man carries wife's body on foot back to village
Dana Majhi's wife Amang Dei succumbed to tuberculosis at age 42. Since authorities at the hospital in Bhawanipatna, in Odisha's Kalahandi district allegedly refused to arrange for an ambulance or mortuary vehicle for her transport, Majhi wrapped up his wife's lifeless body in a bedsheet and decided to walk back to his village Melghara, which is about 60 km away along with his 12-year-old daughter.
On being met with a local TV news channel's crew on the way after walking about 10 km, he explained his plight and they were able to arrange for an ambulance for the rest of the journey after calling District Collector. Kalahandi is one of the poorest and most backward districts of Odisha. The hospital authorities apparent refusal came in spite of an existing government scheme in which bodies of deceased from government hospitals are required to be sent to their homes free of charge.
Woman denied ambulance to transport her daughter's body
A woman ran from one hospital to another with her daughter's body and was forced to spend a night outside the emergency wing of the district hospital with the body after ambulance drivers allegedly refused to take them to their village as it was in another district. Gulnad (2), a resident of Baghpat district, was undergoing treatment at government-run PL Sharma Hospital for viral fever, but later, her condition deteriorated and doctors referred her to Lala Lajpat Rai Medical College (LLRMC) Hospital here.
Her mother Imrana took her to LLRMC hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead. Imrana alleged that for two hours, she pleaded with the hospital ambulance driver to take the body to her village, Gauripur, but he refused, saying he is not allowed to travel to other districts. Imrana then took the body to the district hospital in a private ambulance after paying Rs 200, but there, too, she was denied service. The next morning, some people chipped in and hired a private ambulance to take the body to her village.
Man roams Delhi with wife's body in ambulance
A man had to roam around for several hours with his wife's body in an ambulance as his landlord allegedly did not allow to keep it at his rented accommodation in Karkardooma village in east Delhi. Chhote Lal, who runs a tea shop, had admitted his wife Anju, who was 35, to Hedgewar Hospital two-three days ago after she complained of high fever. She died in the hospital yesterday, and it was suspected to be a case of "chikungunya", police said today. When the grieving husband took her body to his rented home in Karkardooma, his landlord allegedly didn't allow him to keep it there. He then tried to keep the body in the lane where his house is situated but some neighbours allegedly objected saying children in the locality could get scared. However, Babloo, Lal's landlord told police he helped him with money so that he could get an "AC ambulance to keep the body".
