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Shocked and disgusted': Uproar over death of Kargil martyr's wife who was denied treatment

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By Zee Media Bureau | Updated: Dec 30, 2017, 17:34 PM IST
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A Kargil martyr's wife died after being allegedly denied admission to a hospital for not having an Aadhaar card.
NEW DELHI: There is rising uproar over the death of a Kargil martyr's wife in Sonipat in Haryana who was allegedly denied treatment because she did not have an Aadhaar card.

Stating how such incidents impact the morale of the armed forces, VN Thapar, father or Kargil martyr Vijayant Thapar said: "Shocked at the disgusting news. We've become so indifferent to human life! These are the kind of things that hit the morale of armed forces."

The incident has raised a sense of unease among the families of other martyrs. "I can't imagine it happened. It makes me scared for my family. I have ECHS benefits but connecting it to Aadhaar card and submitting a copy of it is ridiculous," daughter of Kargil martyr Major CB Dwivedi said.

The government has assured a probe into the incident. "The state government should take this matter seriously. Our ministry will conduct a probe into it. Centre has also asked all states to implement 'Clinical Establishments Act' which will help us reduce such incidents," MoS Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey said.



A Kargil martyr's wife was on Friday takento the hospital in a serious condition. Her family has claimed that when the hospital asked for an Aadhaar card, her son showed an e-copy but the hospital demanded the original card before admitting her.

"I brought my mother in a serious condition to the hospital. They asked me to get the Aadhaar card. But I didn't have it then so I showed them a copy on my phone," said Pavan Kumar, the deceased woman's son.

“I said that I will get Aadhaar in an hour or so but at least start the treatment but the hospital refused to do so,” said Kumar.

The hospital management, however, has refuted all allegations of denying treatment but admitted that Aadhaar is necessary for documentation.

“We never denied them treatment. He never got the patient to the hospital. We have never stopped any treatment due to Aadhaar card ever. It is mandatory, not for treatment, but for documentation process,” a doctor at the hospital said.

http://zeenews.india.com/india/shoc...rs-wife-who-was-denied-treatment-2070853.html
 
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Doesnt indian military have something like our Combined Military Hospital?
War veterans,martyrs and families are given much more preferential treatment.. without any cost.
 
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dont they have Fauji foundation?

Fauji foundation is private venture and is a self financed body... reality is that not even in Pakistan, any democratic govt. have any respect for dead soldier.
May be next democrat ruler of Pakistan, announce free medical treatment for families of martyrs of Pakistan army.
 
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What a f-cking ridiculous long card? Cant they make something small the size of traditional ID card...

Yes, they do. You can have multiple copies of aadhar of different sizes. You can download online.
 
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1. That long card is not really long, the card itself can be separated.
2. Indian army veterans have an excellent medical benefit systems
3. This instance is a sad fallout of an nationwide effort to link everything- phones, credit /debit cards- etc etc to a single card and number for tax and other purposes. So services are being rejected if that link does not happen. In some cases, people's mobile numbers were blocked because they did not link to aadhar.
4. This event is an outlier, generally ex-faujis get better treatment.
5. But overall the reality is as Batman puts it, and I'd even extend it to all societies, not jusy democracies - soldiers everywhere are treated by societies like crap once they're not needed. Kipling put it well more than a century ago (for British soldiers):

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap.
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an` Tommy, 'ow's yer soul? "
But it's " Thin red line of 'eroes " when the drums begin to roll
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's " Thin red line of 'eroes, " when the drums begin to roll.
 
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