A two-year-old baby boy died after his father reportedly failed to convince auto-rickshaw drivers to carry his ailing child to hospital in exchange of demonetised notes in Sambalpur district on Monday.
According to reports, one Sudarsan Surin of Marangabahal village had taken his son to the Meghapal hospital covering a distance of 7 km by bicycle after the kid fell ill. He was advised to take the child to the Sambalpur Distgrict Headquarters Hospital, 40 km away from Meghapal, as the baby’s condition deteriorated.
Surin requested several auto-rickshaw drivers to carry his child to Sambalpur mentioning that he only had ten demonetised Rs 500 notes, but no one agreed to help him.
Eventually, the child dies at the hospital after redmaining untreated for around three hours. On being contacted, ADMO Panchanan Nayak reportedly said he was unaware of the incident. The child could have been brought to the Sambalpur hospital by a 108-Ambulance, he added.