Viral Video: 8-year-old boy cradling infant's brother body, Govt orders probe
The boy is seen seated on the ground, waiting for his father to take the body home for cremation. The father is seen looking for a vehicle to take the body home as the hospital refused to provide an ambulance.;
Bhopal: A day after a video surfaced on social media showing an eight-year-old child cradling his younger dead brother's body and sitting near a drain, after the hospital administration refused an ambulance to transport the body, the Madhya Pradesh government issued a show-cause notice to the civil surgeon in Morena district hospital.
As per the home minister and the state government's spokesperson Narottam Mishra, a show-cause notice was issued to the Morena district hospital's civil surgeon and financial assistance was provided to the family under various government schemes. "The government has taken the matter very seriously and the CEO of the Zilla Panchayat has been asked to submit a report within 24 hours," Mishra told the press on Monday.
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The 8-year-old boy is seen seated with the body of his 3-year-old brother on his lap as his family desperately looks around for an ambulance, as per a video going viral.
In the video the boy is seen seated on the ground, against a wall, waiting for his father to take the body home for cremation. The father is seen looking for a vehicle to take the body home as the hospital refused to provide an ambulance.
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