Hyderabad, Jan 6: Moved by the plight of an aged woman, Hon’ble Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan invited the 75-year-old Bandipelli Rajamma to the Raj Bhavan and hosted a lunch for her at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.
The tragic reality is that
the distressed aged woman, Rajamma, a native of Laxminarayanapuram village in
Palakurthi mandal of Jangaon district, is having a dependent son, who is also a
differently-abled person.
The woman, who hails from
a poor dalit family was homeless and was living on the streets and sleeping
under the trees, had witnessed a series of tragedies in life including losing
her daughter-in-law and granddaughter for want of medical help at the hour of
the need.
The Governor was
particularly anguished to know that the aged woman’s granddaughter died of
snakebite and she could not get any medical intervention like anti-venom
injections or other necessary medical care at that time.
Dr. Tamilisai
Soundararajan gave a call for making available of all necessary medical
facilities, anti venom injections, medical kits and trained personnel in all
rural PHCs to prevent such unfortunate deaths due to snakebite or other
complications.
“Especially, poor and
other economically and socially underprivileged sections should not be denied
of the necessary medical facilities help and care in rural areas. Their
economic or social backwardness should not come in the way of them getting the
proper medical care when needed in rural areas,“ the Governor said.
The distressed woman’s
daughter-in-law too succumbed due to the lack of proper medical care when she
was ill.
The Governor felt that had
they got the timely and necessary medical help, their lives would have been
saved.
Coming to know of the old
woman’s tragic story, the Governor invited her to Raj Bhavan, here, and hosted
a lunch for the woman, who was really shaken and was moved to tears to believe
that she was having lunch at Raj Bhavan hosted by none other than the Governor.
The Governor also extended
a financial help of Rs 50,000 to the needy woman and supplied provisions
sufficient for two to three months.
Governor instructed the
district branch of the Indian Red Cross Society and the local administration to
look after the poor woman and her dependent son’s wellbeing.
Dr. Tamilisai
Soundararajan directed the local authorities to ensure that no poor person
should suffer for the want of medical help or from other needs and called for
concerted action in this regard, especially in rural areas.
The Governor appreciated
the initiative of Gundrathi Satish, Sub Inspector of 2014 batch working at
Palakurthy, for constructing a house for the aged woman by raising an amount of
Rs 1.6 lakh, including his personal contribution of Rs 80,000. He recently got the
house warming ceremony performed by the aged woman and her challenged son.
On the occasion, the
Governor felicitated the former Sarpanch Manemma and appreciated the efforts of
Dr. B. Krishna, and an NGO activist Mahender, who also accompanied the aged
woman to the Raj Bhavan.
-Press note
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