JAIPUR: Rajasthan government has
decided to bear the medical expenses of a month-old underweight and anemic baby
girl whose rickshaw puller father was
forced to carry her in a cloth sling around his neck since her birth in
Bharatpur.
Bablu's wife Shanti died on
September 20 at the time of delivery and since there was no one to look after
the newborn, he was carrying her in a cloth sling around his neck while riding
a rented rickshaw to earn his livelihood.
When the plight and dismal condition
of the poor father caught the attention of people, they came to his help in
different capacities. A pediatrician took the girl in
his observation and suggested to district collector Gyan Prakash Shukla to
shift her to Jaipur for better treatment.
"The girl is underweight and
anemic though she is stable. The doctor suggested her shifting to Jaipur for a
better treatment," the collector said. "On the basis of advice of
doctors from Bharatpur and
Jaipur, it was decided to shift her to Jaipur today and the government will
bear the entire expenditure of her treatment," he said.
She is on way to Jaipur with her
father, grandfather and a pediatrician and will be admitted to a private
hospital by night, he said. Shukla said during the days of
treatment, the government will take care of the father and grandfather in
Jaipur.
Local NGOs have also offered help
to Bablu. BBC received a call from an Indian
taxi driver in the US city of San Francisco who said he had collected $300 for
Mr Jatav and his daughter. He said most
of the contributors had been Pakistanis living in the US.
ஜெய்ப்பூர்: பிறந்த போதே தாயை இழந்த பச்சிளம் குழந்தையை தானே சுமந்து பராமரித்து வந்த ரிக்ஷா தொழிலாளியின் துயரத்தை கண்டு மனம் இரங்கிய மாநில அரசு அவரது குழந்தையின் நலத்திற்காக அரசு ஆஸ்பத்திரியில் சேர்ந்து பராமரிக்கும் முழுச்செலவையும் அரசு ஏற்றுக்கொண்டது.
