‘HOW COULD HOSPITAL BE SO CALLOUS?’
LUCKNOW: Shocked by the death of children at the BRD Medical College, residents of Gorakhpur are now waiting for the arrival of chief minister Yogi Adityanath to provide solace and crack the whip on the erring college and district administration officials.
Sore over how a tragedy of such magnitude could occur in the CM’s parliamentary constituency, Bhagwati Yadav, whose seven-year-old daughter was battling for life in the encephalitis ward, asked: “How could the hospital administration be callous when they knew Adityanath represents the constituency in which the medical college is located?” He added that none of the senior administrative officials visited the hospital when patients were collapsing due to oxygen crisis.
“Adityanath was concerned about the continuing deaths of children in Baba Raghav Das Medical College and assured better facilities after the BJP forms the government. We cannot imagine that officers could be so callous when Mahantji (Adityanath) is at the helm of affairs,” said Gauri Nishad, whose son is admitted to the hospital.
Locals have also taken to social media to demand that Adityanath visit Gorakhpur immediately.
“Only the visit of Yogi Adityanath will improve the condition of the college or else the death toll will mount,” said Aditya Kumar, a student.
Radhey Shyam, a resident of Khorabar, said: “Adityanath is our representative. So rather than sending ministers, he should visit the hospital and meet the parents whose children are undergoing treatment. The deaths have shaken their faith in the hospital machinery.”
LOCALS ALSO TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO DEMAND THAT THE CM VISIT GORAKHPUR AT THE EARLIEST