5 govt hospitals refuse ICU facilities to Bihar policeman injured in line of duty

It took two months for the family of a Bihar Police Head Constable, who was injured in a road accident while on duty, to get him the treatment he required. Even then, the help came from a private facility while renowned government hospitals in the country turned them away.

Vipin Kumar Yadav, 47, met with an accident while going from the Bhagalpur Central Jail to the Sitamarhi Court for a hearing. As many as 7 of his 12 colleagues, along with a criminal, were killed on the spot. Yadav survived, but with several severe injuries, including a ruptured liver.

The injured were immediately taken to a local hospital, and that is where the Yadav family’s ordeal began. Major government hospitals in Bihar denied him treatment, citing the lack of requisite equipment as the reason.

Meanwhile, his ruptured liver had led to renal failure, and the family was advised to take him to the All India Institute of medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

In Delhi, yet another round of running around started for Yadav’s daughter Priyanka Kumari, 17, and his wife Rambha Devi, who does not even speak Hindi. The family went from one hospital to the other, including AIIMS, Govind Ballabh Pant, and Ram …read more