Court comes to rescue of six-year-old heart patient
May 27th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Coming to the rescue of a six-year-old boy suffering from critical heart disease, the Delhi High Court Friday directed state government-run G.B. Pant Hospital to provide him treatment free of cost.
Justice S. Muralidhar said: “The boy (Aman) is directed to appear before the medical superintendent, G.B. Pant (Hospital), Delhi, on May 28, for his medical check-up.”
“The boy shall be examined by a senior cardiologist and appropriate treatment should be given to him at the earliest free of cost,” the court said, adding that the hospital shall file the status report on May 30.
The court’s order came while hearing a petition filed by Aman’s father Suresh Chand, through his lawyer Ashok Aggarwal. Suresh Chand belongs to a Scheduled Caste.
“Aman was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on May 13, where the doctors, after conducting tests on him, has asked Suresh to deposit Rs.25,000 as his child was suffering from critical heart disease (a blockage in his heart), and they needed to operate him immediately,” said the petition.
But the poor father, who earns only Rs.1,500 per month, was not able to manage the sum so he brought a request letter from the district magistrate of the Uttar Pradesh district where he lives but the AIIMS authorities refused to consider it.
Suresh Chand then approached the Delhi High Court, seeking direction to the AIIMS to provide free treatment to his child.
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