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Policeman with kidney failure seeks help for treatment
- Wife willing to donate kidney
INARUWA, NOV 15 - Both kidneys of Bhaktibilash Bhattarai, a resident of Inaruwa have been confirmed mal-functional by doctors and the only chance of his survival is through a kidney transplant. 36-year-old Bhaktibilash was working as a Hawaldar in the Traffic Police until his condition deteriorated so much that he had to forsake his job and take leave without pay. He has a family of five including 30-year-old wife Parbata Bhattarai, two daughters and a son.
He was admitted to Birendra Police Hospital last November after his frequency of urination exceeded the normal, and his body started to swell. In February, the doctors declared that both his kidneys failed to function and thus referred him for kidney transplant that could only be done outside the country. He was also informed that a transplant would cost him around Rs. 500,000.
The interesting thing about his story is that his wife, Parbata is willing to donate one of her kidneys to save the life of her husband. But this too has not solved their problem, as they are short of money that would still be required at the time of transplant, which would come to around Rs. 300,000 Indian currency for the treatment at the Apollo Hospital situated in New Delhi.
According to the current budget, the government had declared a provision to provide civil servants with Rs. 200,000 as medical expense. However, according to the divisional directives of May, he has not received more than Rs. 180,000 including medical expense and other benefits for his service.
In order to raise more money, required for his treatment, he resorted to Police Head Office for help. All that the office could do was issue a letter requesting all the police employees throughout the country to assist him financially. As financial aid all that he could collect was Rs. 28,000 from Koshi, Sagarmatha, and Janakpur, though it was not impossible to procure the required amount for his treatment upon contributions from all the security employees across the country. It is learnt that it has been a sort of tradition issuing out help letter to almost all who knock on the doors of the head office.
His maternal uncle Deviprasad Koirala who was at the Police Head Office to seek help for his nephew says sadly that all those below Inspector level are considered as having no existence. Looking at his pathetic condition the neighbours in his village collected money for his treatment, which was no more than Rs.5000. He has already spent Rs. 100000 for his treatment at B.P. Koirala Health Science Institute where he is required to go through dialysis almost every week. In the name of property he has nothing more than a mere hut for shelter. Otherwise they would have procured some money by selling their belongings, his wife contends. Posted on: 2003-11-14 08:50
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