Thrikkakara municipality slammed for delay in distributing medical assistance to seriously ill
The Hindu
Civic body had announced relief of ₹2,000 during second wave of pandemic more than six months ago
More than six months after announcing an immediate relief of ₹2,000 to the seriously ill patients within its limits during the second wave of the pandemic, the Thrikkakara municipality is yet to honour that commitment, inviting strong criticism from the Opposition benches.
The municipality received around 600 applications from patients suffering from serious ailments such as cancer, cardiac problems, and kidney-related issues needing frequent dialysis.
“It is a paltry aid to begin with and yet the municipality’s apathy in distributing it is criminal. In fact, some of the applicants have since died without receiving the assistance. The governing committee’s reasoning that the delay is owing to the time taken for verifying the medical certificates from the primary health centres is unjustifiable, considering that these poor applicants had to run around to even secure those certificates,” said C.P. Manoop, an Independent councillor.
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