Members of the Odisha-Mo Parivar mobilised their resources to not just help a native of Ganjam district avail medical assistance in Gujarat but also bring his body to the State after he died during treatment.
The deceased, identified as G Ramamurthy Reddy (46) of Ganjam’s Golanthara village, had been working in Gujarat since many years. On August 1, he suffered a brain stroke and was admitted to a private hospital there.
Since they could not afford the treatment, family members requested the doctors to cover the medical expenses under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY). But the medical staffs declined as the hospital was unfortunately not empanelled under the scheme. Helpless, the family sought help of Odisha-Mo Parivar, a social service wing of the Biju Janata Dal.
A representative of the Odisha-Mo Parivar in Gujarat, Pradip Sahu, along with other members helped shift Reddy to another hospital, where his treatment costs were covered under BSKY. However unfortunately, Reddy died on August 16.
As the family wanted to bring Reddy’s body to his native village, they reached out to the Odisha-Mo Parivar for transportation; and with its help were able to come back. After the body reached Golanthara on August 20, a coordinator of Jiban Bindu, an NGO under Odisha-Mo Parivar, Subash Maharana, helped the family carry out the last rites.