Three children in Kushinagar’s Tamkuhiraj Nagar are suffering from severe eye illness. I’m not sure what ailment affected the eyes, which were okay for the first five years following birth before gradually deteriorating.
Finally, such a time arrived, when his eyes ceased to see. A mountain of grief descended on this family, which was already in financial distress. The father worked hard to restore his children’s sight and had them treated locally, but the physicians directed them to AIIMS in Delhi.
The family does not have the resources to get their children treated in Delhi. Tired, they sought the government for help, but the policy that gives free medical treatment up to Rs 5 lakh to the needy is also not working because the Ayushman card was not issued under this scheme.
As per the information, Chandrika Chauhan of Kushinagar supports his family by working as a paladar for the town’s traders. He is the father of three children, two sons and a daughter. Rajan, the eldest son, is 16 years old, Geeta, the daughter, is 14 years old, and Mukesh, the youngest son, is 12 years old.
All of the children’s eyes were OK until they were five years old when they abruptly began to deteriorate. According to Chandrika, the children’s father, the disease of blindness began in all of the children when they were five years old. The children’s vision gradually deteriorated, and eventually vanished totally. The children have entirely lost their vision.
Chandrika, who worked as a laborer to support his family, was able to manage therapy at the local level. Finally, the doctors recommended the children to the Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.
Chandrika stated that while Ayushman cards have been created for financially powerful people, despite being helpless and needy owing to poverty, his card has not been created; if the card had been created, perhaps his children could have been treated at AIIMS.
Mukesh, Chandrika’s youngest son, stated that if his eyes had been repaired, he would have aspired to become an engineer after finishing school.
Treatment for their eye would have been possible, but the rulers’ ignorance and the system’s indifference are taking a severe toll on them. There will be light in their life if the government wakes up.
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