India denies medical visa to Pakistani woman seeking cancer treatment

[Tangent123]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1343814/i...a-to-pakistani-woman-seeking-cancer-treatment


The Indian Embassy rejected the medical visa application of a 25-year-old Pakistani tumour patient who was due to travel to India for treatment, citing deteriorating relations between the two countries as the reason for refusal, the patient's mother told DawnNews on Friday.

Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital (IDCH) in Ghaziabad was to provide surgical treatment to Faiza Tanveer for a recurrent ameloblastoma, a cancerous oral tumour which is aggressive in nature, according to documents acquired byDawnNews.

The hospital had invited Tanveer and her mother Parveen Akhtar to India for treatment, requesting a 20-day medical visa for the duration of their stay in the country, the documents said.

Akhtar said the pair were told by local medical professionals that chemotherapy would be challenging as the target area is a particularly sensitive one, given the close proximity to her ears, nose and eyes.

She should go to China or Europe..if she doesn't have funds, then the pakistani members and ISI plants should sponser her costs..

 

[Brickwall]

What is the point of a recommendation letter from Aziz ? Is he a doctor ?
I do not think India is going anywhere with people like Sushma Swaraj

I think this letter was introduced, after few Pakistanis went missing after coming on Medical Visa.From security point of view, its wise, if the Patient is found to be involved in any undesired activity, blame lies squarely at doorstep of Pakistan.

 

[wiseone2]

I think this letter was introduced, after few Pakistanis went missing after coming on Medical Visa.From security point of view, its wise, if the Patient is found to be involved in any undesired activity, blame lies squarely at doorstep of Pakistan.

fair enough ...

 

[Airdef95]

A reality check for Pakistanis and especially the corrupt government of Pakistan, who are nothing but a bunch of impotent men. They can't even provide basic health services to their people. What a shame!

One thing here I would like to mention that she and I study in the same institute and Allah knows how many times she has personally tried to meet Shahbaz Sharif and other so called leaders just because she belongs to a really poor family and her aunt (her guardian) couldn't afford her treatment. It's a shame that none of these people helped her.

 

[Airdef95]

The sad reality is that may be there are no advance facilities here , pro indian nawaz has corrupted every institution.

Bro she has already undergone 21 operations here in Pakistan. Her further treatment is not possible here anymore.

 

[Maler]

The sad reality is that may be there are no advance facilities here , pro indian nawaz has corrupted every institution.

Look around in Pakistan, you might find a few world class medical facilities built by anti India Zia or Musharaf!!!!

Visa for Jadhav's mom: In blistering tweets, Swaraj slams Sharif's aide Sartaj Aziz
Shailaja Neelakantan| TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jul 10, 2017, 02.35 PM IST

HIGHLIGHTS

• Swaraj hit out at Aziz for not having "the courtesy even to acknowledge" her letter urging a visa be granted to Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife
• Also, Swaraj as much as said it's Aziz's fault that Pakistanis in need of urgent medical attention are unable to come to India

Sushma Swaraj

NEW DELHI: Union minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday used strong words to hit out at Pakistan's foreign affairs head Sartaj Aziz for not having "the courtesy even to acknowledge" her letter to him urging he grant a visa to Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother.

Jadhav is the Indian national on death row in Pakistan.

External affairs minister Swaraj's comments were primarily intended to clear the air after Pakistani media reports last week said that India has refused medical visas to people from that country,

On Twitter, Swaraj as much as said that it's Aziz's fault that Pakistanis in need of urgent medical attention are unable to come to India. She assured Pakistanis that India is happy to grant medical visas and hoped Aziz "has consideration for the nationals of his country".

Read this story in Gujarati

The external affairs minister pointed to recently-changed rules that stipulate Pakistanis wanting a visa for urgent medical treatment must get a letter from Aziz. "But I assure Pakistan nationals seeking medical visa with a recommendation from Mr.Sartaj Aziz, we will issue the visa immediately," said Swaraj.


Follow
Sushma Swaraj

✔@SushmaSwaraj


I have my sympathies for all Pakistan nationals seeking medical visa for their treatment in India. /1

5:40 AM - 10 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  1,0231,023 Retweets
  
• 
  4,2504,250 likes

Twitter Ads info and privacy




Follow
Sushma Swaraj

✔@SushmaSwaraj
I am sure Mr.Sartaj Aziz also has consideration for the nationals of his country. /2

5:41 AM - 10 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  677677 Retweets
  
• 
  2,4332,433 likes

Twitter Ads info and privacy




Follow
Sushma Swaraj

✔@SushmaSwaraj
All that we require is his recommendation for the grant of medical visa to Pakistan nationals. /3

5:44 AM - 10 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  637637 Retweets
  
• 
  2,3512,351 likes

Twitter Ads info and privacy




Follow
Sushma Swaraj

✔@SushmaSwaraj
I see no reason why should he hesitate to give his recommendation for nationals of his own country. /4

5:45 AM - 10 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  681681 Retweets
  
• 
  2,5402,540 likes

Twitter Ads info and privacy




Then, Swaraj delivered her coup de grace.

The minister talked about how India too has a visa application pending "for an Indian national Mrs. Avantika Jadhav who wants to meet her son in Pakistan". It takes a beat to realise she's talking about the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian national sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan.for allegedly "spying".


Follow
Sushma Swaraj

✔@SushmaSwaraj
We also have a visa application pending for an Indian national Mrs.Avantika Jadhav who wants to meet her son in Pakistan /5

5:46 AM - 10 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  1,1871,187 Retweets
  
• 
  3,6483,648 likes

Twitter Ads info and privacy




Follow
Sushma Swaraj

✔@SushmaSwaraj
against whom they have pronounced a death sentence. /6

5:46 AM - 10 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  579579 Retweets
  
• 
  1,9741,974 likes

Twitter Ads info and privacy




Swaraj said just like the letters Aziz must write for the medical visas, she, too wrote a "personal letter" to him for the grant of Avantika Jadhav's visa.


"However, Mr. Aziz has not shown the courtesy even to acknowledge my letter," she said.




Follow
Sushma Swaraj

✔@SushmaSwaraj
I wrote a personal letter to Mr.Sartaj Aziz for the grant of her visa to Pakistan. /7

5:48 AM - 10 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  714714 Retweets
  
• 
  2,5872,587 likes

Twitter Ads info and privacy





Follow
Sushma Swaraj

✔@SushmaSwaraj
However, Mr.Aziz has not shown the courtesy even to acknowledge my letter. /8

5:49 AM - 10 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  882882 Retweets
  
• 
  3,0203,020 likes

Twitter Ads info and privacy


Top Comment
Kudos to Mrs. Swaraj for her transparency about the situation. Sadly, Pakistan does not care for it's own citizens even to write a letter of recommendation for a medical visa. What happened to their ... Read MoreColdFlak
Pakistani media reported last week that the Indian embassy in Pakistan rejected the visa application of a woman suffering from cancer who was to come to India for treatment. The woman, Faiza Tanveer, in several tweets over the past couple of days, urged Swaraj to intervene. It appears Swaraj has.






6 Jul
Faiza Tanveer @FaizaTanveer8
@SushmaSwaraj
pakistani hun sufrring in ameloblastoma . India ana cahti hun or half payment b kr di hai please mam save my life 03355255999


Follow
India in Pakistan

✔@IndiainPakistan
We haven't denied visa. You just need a recommendation letter from Advisor Sartaz Aziz to EAM Smt. Sushma Swaraj. Visa will be issued.

10:18 AM - 9 Jul 2017

• 
  
• 
  117117 Retweets
  
• 
  524524 likes

I hope and wish medical visas must be above politics!!!

 

[supun1]

After proper background checks have been made the visa should be issued if the hospital says it has capacity and resource.

A cancer patient cannot influence foreign policy.

This makes me sad

That's exactly right, having medical condition does not preclude you from being subject the law.

India is full within is right adjust its foreign policy as it sees fit, and deny or permit entry as it sees fit.

 

[Blue Marlin]

dont you guys think its a bit embarrassing for pakistanis to go to india for treatment?

 

[supun1]

thats for doctors not consular officials.

Consular officials go by the rule book as they dont want to get the stick if some thing goes ring. Only a minister or top official will have the overriding powers.

That's some crap you say before they let you enter into your professional body. Its not binding on consular officials or doctors.

dont you guys think its a bit embarrassing for pakistanis to go to india for treatment?

Don't you think its a bit embarrassing for british to go india for treatment?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-patients-sent-india-cheaper-2208641

 

[Blue Marlin]

That's some crap you say before they let you enter into your professional body. Its not binding on consular officials or doctors.


Don't you think its a bit embarrassing for british to go india for treatment?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-patients-sent-india-cheaper-2208641

there a difference between of cant do it and cant afford to do it.

 

[El Sidd]

That's exactly right, having medical condition does not preclude you from being subject the law.

India is full within is right adjust its foreign policy as it sees fit, and deny or permit entry as it sees fit.

Fair enough buddy.

No one is saying India is bound to accept every visa request