In an appreciable gesture, Kshama Bahuguna, an officer in the Government of Uttarakhand, has taken responsibility of one-and-a-half-year child of a poor couple who is suffering from heart ailments and malnourishment. Bahuguna, who is a Child Development Project officer in government of Uttarakhand has taken the
custody of little Aniket under Khilti Kaliyan programme of the State Government. The programme is the brainchild of Chief Minister Harish Rawat in which he himself has adopted some poor children.
Informing about Aniket, Bahuguna said that the child weighing only 7 kilogram was kept in extremely malnourished category in the month of September 2015 when he was registered under Khilti Kaliyan programme. When the health team examined the child it was found that he was suffering from heart ailment. The child was admitted to Fortis hospital where it was found that he is suffering from a defective valve and needed immediate surgery. The matter was brought to the notice of Chief Minister Harish Rawat by the Principal Secretary Women empowerment and child development, Radha Raturi and Director ICDS Jyoti Niraj Khairwal.
The CM ordered that the best possible medical care should be extended to the infant. The Child was admitted to the hospital on September 22 where an operation was performed on him. The doctors kept the child on life support system after the operation and suggested a ‘Permanent Pacemaker Implantation’ to save his life. On October 02 the pacemaker was implanted in the child. The state government bore the entire expense of the operation of the child. Bahuguna said that the child is now in better condition. She said that Aniket is first child of Anita and Dharmendra. Anita is a domestic help while Dharmendra is a labourer.