The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government after a labourer had to carry his teenage son’s body on his shoulders as he was allegedly denied an ambulance by a government hospital in Etawah district.
The NHRC said it had taken suo motu cognisance of media reports and issued the notice to the State’s Chief Secretary.
The reports were “painful and indicative of insensitive and negligent attitude” of the doctors, it said.
It sought a detailed report from the Chief Secretary within four weeks, including information on ambulance services offered by the hospital.
Video goes viral
In a video which went viral recently on social and electronic media, Udayveer said doctors at the Etawah hospital did not treat his son Pushpendra and turned him away. He was forced to carry the body of his 15-year-old son on his shoulders after he was allegedly denied help by doctors at the hospital on May 1.
The incident amounts to violation of human rights, the NHRC said.
The NHRC also observed that the Chief Medical Officer of Etawah district, Rajeev Yadav, had reportedly admitted that the “fault was on their side” and he had assured that strict action would be taken against the guilty.
“He further added that the boy was brought dead to the hospital when the doctors were busy with a bus accident case and they could not ask the father of the deceased, whether he needed transport,” the NHRC said.
