In yet another incident of apathy, a family in Banda district was forced to carry the body of a relative on a rickshaw for post-mortem after the health officials allegedly refused to provide an ambulance.
The video of the body being carried on the rickshaw went viral on social media and local news channels.
Found on railway track
The body of Ram Asrey (44) was recovered from a railway track on Saturday near Atra railway station but as no ambulance was available, the relatives had to carry the body on a rickshaw for the post-mortem.
When asked, Chief Medical Officer Santosh Kumar said Asrey’s family had not asked for an ambulance. “After the post-mortem, an ambulance was provided for taking the body for cremation,” he added.
More instances
Last month in Kaushambi, an uncle of a seven-year-old girl had to carry her body on a bicycle as his plea for an ambulance fell on deaf ears.
Seven-year-old Poonam, the daughter of Anant Kumar, a daily wage labourer of Malak Saddi village in Majhanpur tehsil of Kaushambi, died during treatment at a hospital.
“Despite repeated pleas, no vehicle was made available to carry the body. I had to borrow a bicycle and carry it for almost 10 km to reach the village,” the girl’s uncle Brijmohan said.
In May, a labourer had to carry the body of his 15-year-old son on his shoulders after allegedly being turned away by the doctors at a government-run hospital in Etawah.
