Curfew chaos, elderly suffer without medicines
“It is the fourth day today and my father-in-law who is highly diabetic has been forced to remain without his insulin injection. I have been pleading with the cops and officials to please ensure medical aid for him or, at least, get him shifted to a hospital but no one is listening,” said Sukriti Singh, a young homemaker who lives with her in-laws in the Civil Lines area in Muzaffarnagar.
Talking to this correspondent on phone on Tuesday, Sukriti said that her father-in-law’s insulin injections got over on Saturday and trouble in the district began before she could replenish the stock.
“I am only waiting for the worst to happen. My mother-in-law is also bed-ridden and I have been frantically trying to contact the local officials but no one is responding. My four-year-old son is also suffering from fever and I suspect it could be dengue,” she wept on phone.
Sukriti’s husband works in Dubai and is equally worried about his father and son’s condition. He contacted some of his friends in the district but no one is in a position to offer any assistance to the family.
The officials in Lucknow, however, claim that medical aid is being provided “as and where necessary”.
The curfew that entered the fourth day on Tuesday in Muzaffarnagar has left families without essentials and brought untold misery for many.
Dr Raghvendra Kashyap’s son Gyanendra was scheduled to leave for a project in the USA on Sunday but Saturday’s events ensured that he remained locked in his own house. “I begged, pleaded with the cops to give us a curfew pass and let us go to Delhi but they refused. The Delhi-Muzaffarnagar route has been shut down and my son has lost an opportunity of a lifetime,” he said.
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