The coronavirus has unleashed its wrath on the lives of a young couple who were married just a year ago. The husband is hospitalised since early May, after contracting Covid-19, and currently, requires Rs 1 crore for lungs replacement procedure. The couple is one of those families who are facing the financial version of long-haul Covid: Exorbitant medical bills, emotional stress and approaching various authorities seeking financial help, have upset their lives.
However, his 31-year-old wife is not willing to give-up in the face of adversity. She has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to PM-CARE Fund and other authorities to provide monetary assistance for her husband’s treatment. She claimed her family has already pulled out all their savings to meet the cost of his treatment and have no financial means to raise Rs 1 crore for lungs replacement.
Mehra, in the petition, said no life should meet its end for reason of financial constraints and State is duty-bound to extend help in appropriate case. She insisted that PM-Cares Fund is a national endeavour to provide relief to the persons in distress situation. “Petitioner has spent more than Rs 1 crore on medication of her husband and only turned for help after exhausting all money available to her. The petitioner has also tried crowd funding, personal appeal on social websites, loan from friends and acquaintances before approaching the official respondents for financial help”, said the plea filed through advocate Krishna Kumar Singh.