BHOPAL - Victims of a horrifying 1984 gas leak in the Indian city of Bhopal, who have long suffered the debilitating fallout of the world's worst industrial disaster, are now dying from Covid-19, with relatives and activists accusing the government of abandoning them and withholding treatment.
The state-of-the-art Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre - a busy four-storey, 350-bed facility on a sprawling compound on the city's outskirts - was requisitioned by the Madhya Pradesh state government in March for virus patients. The BMHRC turned away people who were not considered virus patients even though they had Covid-19 symptoms, critics said.
He died within hours of being found positive, leaving his shell-shocked family without a breadwinner and almost US$1,180 in medical debt.Activists accuse the government of abandoning the community, whose health conditions make them vulnerable to the coronavirus. "We had to struggle a lot... to get help," the 35-year-old told AFP, adding that four hospitals, including BMHRC, refused to take the 65-year-old.
The activist said at least five gas victims died from the coronavirus because the hospital rejected them.
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