Padma Durua , an old tribal woman from Malipadar village in Haladipadar panchayat of Boipariguda block in Koraput district is pleading for death . “I can’t bear the pain and make others suffer. Please give me something so that I could die peacefully” , she cried from the little open shed in front of her house .
Padma has been sleeping in front of her hut for the last two months as it was out of the capacity of the villagers to take her to the nearby hospital in Boipariguda , Guru Durua , her husband said . She was not able to stand even for a while after she fell on the road . No one knew what might have happened to her legs , he added.
While Guru, owing to his poverty and inaccessibility to the health system had no means to take his wife to the health centre in Boipariguda covering long distances from the village in the deep forests of Gupteswar region , the block administration too had not done anything for her treatment . No one from the chain of service providers in the administration had ever visited Padma even though she was suffering for the last two months , Bhime Durua , an old man from the village said.
The villagers too had little option than to leave her to herself as they too were in no better financial capacity than Guru either to arrange transportation or providing further support and care , he added.
“She needed a greater care and the society including myself have failed to save her life . We are waiting for the day when Padma would die helplessly like many other living in this part of the district” Guru cried recognizing his helplessness
Padma has been sleeping in front of her hut for the last two months as it was out of the capacity of the villagers to take her to the nearby hospital in Boipariguda , Guru Durua , her husband said . She was not able to stand even for a while after she fell on the road . No one knew what might have happened to her legs , he added.
While Guru, owing to his poverty and inaccessibility to the health system had no means to take his wife to the health centre in Boipariguda covering long distances from the village in the deep forests of Gupteswar region , the block administration too had not done anything for her treatment . No one from the chain of service providers in the administration had ever visited Padma even though she was suffering for the last two months , Bhime Durua , an old man from the village said.
The villagers too had little option than to leave her to herself as they too were in no better financial capacity than Guru either to arrange transportation or providing further support and care , he added.
“She needed a greater care and the society including myself have failed to save her life . We are waiting for the day when Padma would die helplessly like many other living in this part of the district” Guru cried recognizing his helplessness
