New Delhi:
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi met the households of sufferers camped exterior All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday evening, lamenting the Centre and Delhi authorities’s insensitivity as they stayed on roads, footpaths and subways amid biting chilly.
“Burden of illness, biting chilly, and authorities insensitivity – at present I met sufferers and their households exterior AIIMS who’ve come from far and vast in quest of remedy. On their path to get remedy, they’re pressured to sleep on roads, footpaths and subways – simply conserving a flame of hope burning amidst the chilly floor, starvation, and inconveniences,” Gandhi mentioned in a put up on social media.
He mentioned the Centre and Delhi governments have failed in fulfilling their accountability in direction of the general public.
Pawan Kumar, whose 13-year-old daughter is a blood most cancers affected person at AIIMS, advised ANI that they arrived there on December 3 and nonetheless have not acquired correct remedy. “He (Rahul Gandhi) requested me for my cellphone quantity, and mentioned that his staff will contact me and assist me as a lot as attainable,” he mentioned. The woman’s mom mentioned the Congress MP promised money assist for her daughter’s remedy.
The Congress additionally mentioned in a put up on X mentioned that folks from far-off locations are pressured to reside in such adversity, which lays naked the “inconvenience and insensitivity of the federal government”.