A week after the death of a seven-year-old boy from Kendrapada due to dengue after two Delhi-based private hospitals denied treatment and his parents’ suicide in Delhi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday urged the Delhi Government to take stringent action against those responsible.
Expressing deep concern over the unfortunate incident Patnaik spoke to his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal over phone and conveyed
his anguish.
Patnaik announced Rs3 lakh ex-gratia for the family of the deceased and directed Kendrapada Collector to include the bereaved family under social welfare scheme.
Notably, seven-year-old Avinash Rout was admitted to a hospital late in a critical condition following denial of two private hospitals that led to his death. Being frustrated over the death of one and only son, his parents, lakshman Chandra Rout (35) and Babita Raut (30) committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of a four-storied building of an apartment on September 8 soon after performing last rites of the son.
Meanwhile, Delhi Government ordered a magistrate level inquiry into the incident.
Meanwhile, Kendrapada Collector Debaraj Senapati on Monday provided a financial assistance of Rs30,000 from the Chief Minister’s Relief fund to the bereaved family members of laxman Rout.
laxman Rout, the youngest son of 80-year-old Kartik Chandra Rout, of Jagulaipada was staying with his wife Babita and son Avinash in a rented house in lado Sarai of South Delhi and eking out his living with a company that provides services to Pizza Hut outlets.