Due to lack of money, a woman here is unable to go home after treatment.
22-year-old Sahnaz Khatun of Jirabwani Rural Municipality-5 Haraiya has been undergoing treatment at Neelkanth Hospital in Birganj since May 19. She tried to commit suicide by consuming pesticides, but the hospital saved her life, but Sahnaz's family has not been able to pay the hospital treatment and medicine bills. Sahnaz is currently undergoing treatment in the ICU.
Husband Nur Alam Mian is working as a laborer in Biratnagar. Nanda Babita lives in Khatun Kurua. According to Babita, the hospital has about Rs 235,000 dues. The arrears of the drug store have also reached more than 2 lakhs. Although the doctor said that she could be discharged within 2/3 days, she said that she could not take her sister-in-law home after paying the hospital and drug store dues due to lack of money.
"Earlier, we paid 215,000 to the hospital and drug store by borrowing from the village," she said, "Now even Sahu Mahajan has stopped believing, his hands are empty, he has not been able to think of anything from where to get so much money." He says that because a huge amount of money is being spent on daily treatment, the treatment of Sahnaz is not possible without the help of the people. Dr. Tejanath Tiwari, a doctor at the
hospital, said that the hospital has not pressured Sahnaz's family for the hospital's arrears so far. "Since we understand his family and financial situation, we have not pressured Hal to pay the arrears," he said, "but since the drug store is not under our control, we cannot help with the arrears of the drug store even if we want to." "Saving Sahnaz's life was a big challenge for us, we succeeded in that," Dr. Tiwari said, "We have no intention of holding him hostage for money."
