Nurpur, March 16
Abhimanyu, an 11-month-old son of Som Raj Sharma, a resident of Gangath in this sub division, has a hole in his heart since birth. The only remedy for this serious heart defect is surgery but his parents cannot afford this expensive life-saving operation.
According to Dr Ashutosh Joshi, a paediatrician at the civil hospital, revealed that the child was admitted into the hospital with severe pneumonia on March 13. “But the child has now been referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, for heart surgery,” he added. Earlier too Abhimanyu was admitted into the hospital in a serious condition in November last year, the doctor said.
Almost broken with the illness of her infant, Kiran Bala, said her husband was unemployed. She had sold his jewellery for the treatment of her son who has battling for the dreaded disease for the past 11 months.
“My father-in-law Hind Raj has even taken bank loans for Abhimanyu’s treatment. Even after pooling all savings and selling family assets we cannot afford the expensive heart surgery of my son,” she lamented.
The poor family has no financial means to purchase even medicines for the ailing infant. Begging succour from NGOs and voluntary organisations the hapless mother has appealed to Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal for financial assistance for the sick child.
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