The girl died at the community health center in Lakhanpur village in the district on Friday morning, officials said, and her father took the body away before a hearse arrived.
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh): Video of man carrying seven-year-old daughter’s body on his shoulders in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh went viral on social media on Friday, prompting Health Minister TS Singh Deo to order an investigation. The girl died at the community health center in Lakhanpur village in the district on Friday morning, officials said, and her father took the body away before a hearse arrived.
Ishwar Das from Amdala village took his sick daughter Surekha to Lakhanpur CHC early in the morning, they said. “The girl’s oxygen level was very low, around 60. According to her parents, she had been suffering from a high fever for a few days. Necessary treatment was initiated, but her condition deteriorated and she died around 7:30 a.m.,” said Dr. Vinod Bhargav, Rural Medical Assistant (RMA), stationed at the health center. “We told members family that a hearse would soon arrive. He came around 9:20 a.m. but they had then left with the body,” he added. The video shows the man carrying the body on his shoulders. He traveled a distance of about 10 km to reach his home in Amdala.
After the video went viral on social media, Health Minister Singh Deo, who was in Ambikapur – the district headquarters – on Friday, asked the district chief medical officer to investigate the incident. case and take the necessary action.” I saw the video. It was disturbing. I have ordered CMEO to take appropriate action after investigating the matter. I told him that those who were stationed there but unable to perform their duties should be removed,” the minister told reporters.
Singh Deo represents Ambikapur Assembly constituency in the State Assembly. “The health workers on duty should have persuaded the family to wait for the vehicle. They should have made sure that such things did not happen,” the minister added.
