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BAJURA, AUGUST 25
Bajura's Sujata Rokaya, a heart patient who was forced to live with her disease due to poor financial status, is now receiving treatment.
Earlier, though Bayalpata Hospital had referred her to Kathmandu, her kin had to return her home as they were short of money to seek better medical care for her as recommended.
She was rescued and taken to Kathmandu for treatment after this daily covered a news report regarding her plight.
Currently, Sujata is undergoing treatment at Gangalal National Heart Centre. She was rescued by Kathmandu-based Shanti Sewa Griha following the publication of a news report about her doleful condition.
The organisation was founded by German national Marianne Grospietch, who has long been working in the field of social service across the world.
"Besides covering the expense of her treatment, we're also taking care of her fouryear-old daughter," said Shanti Sewa Griha's programme coordinator Bijendra Kunwar.
Social activist Madhu Gurung, 30, an expat living in the UK, assisted with ambulance fare to bring Sujata to Kathmandu.
According to Sujata's husband Lal Bahadur Karki, they had no option but to take her home as they didn't have money to take her to Kathmandu on their own. "We had to depend on loan amount even to take her to the hospital in Achham. How could we take her to Kathmandu on our own," he said. Helpless, the family had appealed for help.
A version of this article appears in the print on August 26, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
