He said the governments have failed in fulfilling their responsibility…
On Thursday night, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the families of patients who were sitting outside All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), lashing the Centre and Delhi government's insensitivity as they stayed on roads, footpaths, and subways amid biting cold.
"Burden of disease, biting cold, and government insensitivity - I met patients and their families outside AIIMS who have come from far and wide in search of treatment. On their path to get treatment, they are forced to sleep on roads, footpaths, and subways - just keeping a flame of hope burning due to the cold ground, hunger, and inconveniences," Mr. Gandhi said in a post on social media.
He said the Centre and Delhi governments have failed in fulfilling their responsibility towards the public.
Pawan Kumar, whose 13-year-old daughter is a blood cancer patient at AIIMS, told news agency ANI that they arrived there on December 3 and still haven't received any treatment. "He asked me for my phone number, and said that his team would contact me and help me," he said. The girl's mother said the Congress MP promised support for her daughter's treatment.
The Congress said in a post on X, that people from far-off places are forced to live in such adversity, which lays bare the "inconvenience and insensitivity of the government".
Edited By: Tanvi Walia
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