"Sir...": Woman's Appeal To UP Official As Her Sister Dies Of Dengue
NDTV
There are many such heart-breaking stories from Firozabad, which is 320 km from Lucknow, and where Vaishnavi was one of 60 (as of Monday) to have died of dengue
On Monday evening, as her 11-year-old sister waged a losing battle against dengue at a hospital in western Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad, where authorities face an outbreak, a desperate Nikita Kushwaha flung herself before the vehicle of a senior Uttar Pradesh government official making an inspection. A distressing video clip shows Ms Kushwaha telling Agra Divisional Commissioner Amit Gupta: "Sir... Please, sir... do something or she will die... please ensure her proper treatment." Ms Kushwaha also alleges a lack of treatment by and facilities at the government-run hospital in UP's Firozabad. She then says. "You will not leave" and squats in front of the car, at which point two women police officers drag her away as she shouts. A male police officer and the commissioner then intervene, and seem to be trying to calm the young woman down, before she is hustled away from the spot. Nikita Kushwaha's appeal was eventually pointless; Vaishnavi Kushwaha died a few hours later.
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