KOTTARAKKARA: Kaushal, a young student who sustained life-threatening injuries after a speeding tipper lorry rammed into a bus stop at Nileshwaram in Kottarakkara, has not yet received the medical treatment funds promised by the state government. The health condition of the boy, who is currently battling for his life in a critical Intensive Care Unit (ICU), is reported to be highly alarming. Following the tragic accident, a special state cabinet meeting had officially announced that the government would completely bear the entire treatment expenses of all those injured in the crash. However, the ground reality remains grim as the distressed family has not received any administrative financial backing so far. A special medical board is scheduled to convene tomorrow to assess his medical parameters.
Kaushal was initially rushed to a private super-specialty hospital immediately after the accident. Unable to bear the exorbitant medical bills at the private facility, his financially backward family was forced to shift the child to the Government Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram for further specialized care. The boy’s father, Santhosh, revealed that they had already spent around ₹5 lakh during the short stay at the private hospital, a sum the impoverished family managed to scrape together with great difficulty. He added that even at the government medical college, they are forced to spend anywhere between ₹15,000 to ₹20,000 daily out of their own pockets for essential medicines and advanced diagnostics, rendering the government’s highly publicized promises meaningless.
Meanwhile, during the same cabinet session, the government had also sanctioned a financial compensation of ₹5 lakh each to the next of kin of the three individuals who lost their lives in the collision. The horrific accident occurred on Tuesday morning around 7:00 AM when a tipper lorry heavily loaded with soil lost control while speeding down a slope, collided with a motorcycle, and plowed directly into a crowded roadside bus shelter. The crash claimed the lives of Harilal (54) from Oduvattoor, Parthip (15), a Class 10 student of Carmel School, and Ajayan Achari (45), a KSRTC employee. Along with Kaushal, others identified as Rishabh Boban, Navaneeth, Jibi Mol, and the tipper driver, Nizam from Chavara, are currently undergoing treatment for severe injuries.
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കൊട്ടാരക്കര നീലേശ്വരത്ത് ടിപ്പർ ലോറി ബസ് സ്റ്റോപ്പിലേക്ക് ഇടിച്ചുകയറി ഉണ്ടായ അപകടത്തിൽ ഗുരുതരമായി പരിക്കേറ്റ കൗശൽ എന്ന കുട്ടിക്ക് സർക്കാർ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച ചികിത്സാ സഹായം ഇതുവരെ ലഭിച്ചില്ല. പരിക്കേറ്റവരുടെ മുഴുവൻ ചികിത്സാ ചെലവും സർക്കാർ ഏറ്റെടുക്കുമെന്ന് മന്ത്രിസഭ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചെങ്കിലും, നിലവിൽ തിരുവനന്തപുരം മെഡിക്കൽ കോളേജ് ഐസിയുവിൽ കഴിയുന്ന കുട്ടിയുടെ മരുന്നുകൾക്കായി പ്രതിദിനം വലിയ തുക സ്വന്തം കയ്യിൽ നിന്ന് കണ്ടെത്തേണ്ട അവസ്ഥയിലാണ് നിർധന കുടുംബം. അപകടത്തിൽ മരിച്ച മൂന്ന് പേരുടെ കുടുംബങ്ങൾക്ക് 5 ലക്ഷം രൂപ വീതം ധനസഹായം സർക്കാർ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചിരുന്നു.
(With inputs from MN)
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