Covid-infected Endosulfan sufferer saved ready for ambulance, dies

By Express News Service
KASARAGOD: Fathimath Sasriya (31) — an endosulfan sufferer paralysed since childhood and identified with hydrocephalus — died of Covid on Sunday, mentioned her father Ismail Kalluravi, a resident of Kanhangad.

He mentioned he couldn’t take her to hospital on time as a result of the Health Department didn’t have an ambulance to spare for her. Fathimath’s home at Kalluravi is simply quarter-hour from the District Hospital.

Fathimath’s mom Suhara Ismail and her two brothers examined constructive for Covid 10 days in the past.

Fathimath — whose proper aspect is paralysed — began creating respiratory difficulties round 2 pm on Sunday and Ismail mentioned he contacted the closest well being centre for an ambulance. “We could not hire an autorickshaw because she had to be taken on a stretcher,” he mentioned.

The well being official directed him to name the nursing workers on the main well being centre (PHC) for endosulfan-affected at Anandasharam, close to the District Hospital. When contacted, the nurse requested Ismail to contact the Endosulfan Cell.

As he was not accustomed to the Cell, he contacted Muneesa Ambalathara, president of the Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani, an NGO working for the rights of endosulfan-affected households.

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She contacted the executive officer of the Endosulfan Cell, the federal government’s company to coordinate and monitor welfare and medical actions associated to the victims. “The administrative officer told me that he would get back soon and hung up,” Muneesa informed The New Indian Express.

Meanwhile, Fathimath tried to steam inhalation to ease her respiratory issue however didn’t discover reduction.

After a while, the official referred to as Muneesa, and her Fathimath’s name for an ambulance was ‘recorded’ by the PHC at Anandashram and that she had, in flip, knowledgeable the well being inspector to “do the needful”.

When knowledgeable that there was no ambulance, the executive officer mentioned he had requested the nurse to rearrange any automobile of the Health Department to take Fathimath to the hospital.

As her situation deteriorated, the household organized a non-public automotive to take Fathimath to the District Hospital. They reached the district hospital by 5 pm however Fathimath had left by then.

Tests carried out on the district hospital discovered that Fathimath was Covid constructive.