08-31-2007, 06:59 AM
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Pioneer News Service | Shimla
Posted online: August 30, 2007
Indian political parties have once again on Thursday proven that they are more interested in their own political gains rather than caring for common people's pains.
In a tragic fallout of a political street wrestling, a four-year-old boy died while being taken to a hospital after the ambulance carrying the sick child got stuck in traffic during clashes between the ruling Congress and Opposition BJP workers here.
Even emotional appeals of the mother of the sick child to the police and party workers on Thursday to let the ambulance pass as the boy needed urgent medical attention fell on deaf ears.
The boy identified as Dinesh was being brought from Sarkahat Ghat in Mandi district, about 100 km from the State capital but the ambulance despite its blaring siren could not proceed as the road blocked by the protestors. Upon requesting the police, they informed the parents that they were busy in dealing with the furore.
Being refused by the political workers and the police Dinesh's father got off the ambulance carrying the boy in his arms and rushed to the district hospital, which was about 500 metres away, in the midst of the parallel rallies in front of the Vidhan Sabha. Dinesh is the only son of his parents.
As the political drama unfolded in the race against time to save him, the boy running high temperature and suffering from diarrhoea died on the way to hospital.
Adding to agony of the inconsolable parents, the doctors at the hospital informed that the boy was brought brain dead and they could have saved him had he been brought 15 minutes earlier.
The Himachal Pradesh Government ordered a probe into the death of the boy. The probe report is to be submitted in a fortnight and if need arose further inquiry would be ordered to fix responsibilities for the death of the boy.
The death quickly triggered another blame game with the Congress and the BJP trading charges.
The Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh went on to blame BJP for the tragedy while BJP leader PK Dhumal said Congress should be blamed saying it was the responsibility of the administration and police to ensure that the ambulance was given the right of way.
But the question that remains unanswered is: Can both political parties deny their responsibilities for the death of the child?
Pioneer News Service | Shimla
Posted online: August 30, 2007
Indian political parties have once again on Thursday proven that they are more interested in their own political gains rather than caring for common people's pains.
In a tragic fallout of a political street wrestling, a four-year-old boy died while being taken to a hospital after the ambulance carrying the sick child got stuck in traffic during clashes between the ruling Congress and Opposition BJP workers here.
Even emotional appeals of the mother of the sick child to the police and party workers on Thursday to let the ambulance pass as the boy needed urgent medical attention fell on deaf ears.
The boy identified as Dinesh was being brought from Sarkahat Ghat in Mandi district, about 100 km from the State capital but the ambulance despite its blaring siren could not proceed as the road blocked by the protestors. Upon requesting the police, they informed the parents that they were busy in dealing with the furore.
Being refused by the political workers and the police Dinesh's father got off the ambulance carrying the boy in his arms and rushed to the district hospital, which was about 500 metres away, in the midst of the parallel rallies in front of the Vidhan Sabha. Dinesh is the only son of his parents.
As the political drama unfolded in the race against time to save him, the boy running high temperature and suffering from diarrhoea died on the way to hospital.
Adding to agony of the inconsolable parents, the doctors at the hospital informed that the boy was brought brain dead and they could have saved him had he been brought 15 minutes earlier.
The Himachal Pradesh Government ordered a probe into the death of the boy. The probe report is to be submitted in a fortnight and if need arose further inquiry would be ordered to fix responsibilities for the death of the boy.
The death quickly triggered another blame game with the Congress and the BJP trading charges.
The Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh went on to blame BJP for the tragedy while BJP leader PK Dhumal said Congress should be blamed saying it was the responsibility of the administration and police to ensure that the ambulance was given the right of way.
But the question that remains unanswered is: Can both political parties deny their responsibilities for the death of the child?