Baby Nagma (5 years), daughter of Ansar and Zarina from Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), is having a severe damage (big bulge – ill-defined lobulated right intra-orbital mass lesion in the posterior segment of the eye) in her right eye from the past 3 months. This is extremely painful and is growing day by day, and for the past few days it started smelling as well.

In the first week of June 2020, they went to AIIMS, Delhi for treatment and they were asked to go through several tests (as prescribed by AIIMS, Delhi) and they got all the tests done from the nearby private testing centers. Post the reports and results were submitted AIIMS said they cannot take the case as of now and asked Baby Nagma to come after 8 days, and the kid was not given an admission despite of the fact that she is not well at all. They hopelessly returned back to Moradabad since they were living in the footpath near to AIIMS, Delhi and it was not favourable to stay on the footpaths.

The panic created by this approach of the government hospital and since this mass is growing day by day – and kid is not able to bear the pain, the parents are thinking of approaching other government hospitals since they cannot afford going to a private hospital).

Ansar and Zarina are currently in Moradabad, and are open to go to any hospitals where their kid can get a good treatment.The kid’s family comes from an underpriviledged background wherein Ansar is a daily wage labourer. Ansar can be reached at +916398559015 and the reports can be forwarded as and when required. They are presently requesting whether if the kid can be admitted to PGI Chandigarh or any equivalent hospitals or not.

Government hospitals in India should have the continuity in the work and service delivery in case of a pandemic or anything similar. This is an example where due to the pandemic, the common man is not getting appropriate attention in the hospitals.