Madhya Pradesh: Morena town, 8-year-old boy Gulshan was seen sitting with the body of his 2-year-old brother Raja waiting for his father’s return.
Helplessness of a poor man
The viral video show the pitiable situation of the poor in our country. This 8 year old boy was sitting with his small arm covering a small body of his 2-year old brother in Morena town, Madhya pradesh. It depicts the utter helplessness and apathy of the poor in India.
According to NDTV, the visuals were shot by a local journalist in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena town on Saturday. 8-year-old Gulshan was seen sitting with the body of his 2-year-old brother Raja. Meanwhile their father Poojaram Jatav desperately trying for a vehicle to take them home.
2 year old dies
According to the reports, Poojaram Jatav is a resident of Badfra village of Ambah. Poojaram brought his 2-year-old son to the Morena District Hospital – around 450 km north of Bhopal – after being referred there by a local hospital in an ambulance. The ambulance left as soon as they reached the hospital.
Apparently, the 2 year-old Suffering from anaemia and ascites – abdominal swelling caused by the accumulation of fluid, most often related to liver disease . However, Raja died during the treatment.
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No money for ambulance
As per the local journalist, Poojaram, pleaded with the doctors and staff of the hospital for a vehicle to take the body back to his village, which is around 30 km away. As usual, he was turned down and told the hospital did not have a vehicle at hand, and he would have to pay for one outside.
When he approached an ambulance operator parked on the hospital premises, he demanded ₹ 1,500 /- . Poojaram who runs a puncture shop in his village couldn’t afford that money. Hence, Poojaram left the hospital with the body of his son Raja and another son Gulshan.
Search for an ambulance at affordable price
Poojaram then decided to leave Gulshan in front of Morena’s Nehru Park, so that he can look for an ambulance at an affordable price.
Gulshan sat there for about half an hour with his dead brother’s head on his lap, waiting for his father’s return.
Crowd intervened
Very soon people started gathering around him and asked him questions. With a tear or two in his eyes, he answered them. Soon the news spread and the local media came to know about it. Eventually, someone alerted the authorities.
Finally, a police officer Yogendra Singh intervened and picked up the body and led Gulshan back to the district hospital. Poojaram was seen pleading the ambulance drivers and the hospital authorities for an ambulance. With the media and the authorities around the hospital provided an ambulance free of cost. And then they made their way home.
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