Probe ordered after man seen carrying daughter’s body for 10 kilometres
New Delhi, Mar 26: A video of a man carrying the body of his seven-year-old daughter on his shoulders in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district was widely shared on social media on Friday, prompting health minister TS Singh Deo to order a probe.
According
to
officials,
the
girl
died
on
Friday
morning
at
the
Community
Health
Centre
at
Lakhanpur
village
in
the
district,
and
her
father
took
the
body
away
before
a
hearse
arrived,
PTI
reported.
Ishwar
Das,
a
native
of
Amdala
village,
had
brought
his
ailing
daughter
Surekha
to
Lakhanpur
Community
Health
Centre
early
in
the
morning,
they
said.
"The girl's oxygen level was very low, around 60. According to her parents she was suffering from high fever for the last few days. Necessary treatment was initiated but her condition deteriorated and she died around 7:30 am," said Dr Vinod Bhargav, Rural Medical Assistant (RMA) posted at the health centre.
Surguja: Chhattisgarh Health Min TS Singh Deo orders probe after video of a man carrying body of his daughter on his shoulders went viral
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Concerned health official from Lakhanpur should have made the father understand to wait for hearse instead of letting him go, Deo said(25.3) pic.twitter.com/aN5li1PsCm
"We told the family members that a hearse will arrive soon. It came around 9:20 am, but by then they had left with the body," he added.
In the video, the man can be seen carrying the body on his shoulders. He covered a distance of around 10 km on foot to reach home.
After the video was shared widely on social media, Health Minister TS Singh Deo, who was in Ambikapur - the district's headquarters - on Friday, asked the district's Chief Medical and Health Officer to probe the matter and take necessary action.
"I saw the video. It was disturbing. I have told the CMHO to take appropriate action after getting the matter probed. I have told him that those who are posted there but are not able to discharge their duties should be removed," the minister told reporters.
Mr Singh Deo represents Ambikapur assembly constituency in the state Assembly.
"The health personnel who were on duty should have persuaded the family to wait for the vehicle. They should have ensured such things did not happen," the minister added.
(PTI)