PMO comes to rescue of Bihar boy admitted at AIIMS for a year
New Delhi: Fourteen-year-old Rohit Kumar, who has been forced to stay at AIIMS for over a year for want of a portable ventilator and other related accessories after he underwent a spine surgery, can finally go home.
Courtesy, the Prime Ministers Office (PMO), which has offered financial assistance of Rs two lakh to the boy for buying the equipment.
The Minister of State in PMO, Jitendra Singh, came to know about the matter and got Rs 2 lakh released for the portable ventilator, oxygen concentrator and solar power inverter that Rohit needed for him to be able to be at home.
When contacted, the minister said he was moved after reading about Rohits condition in the media following which he decided to help him.
"It was really disturbing to know about Rohits condition. After reading about his condition, I immediately asked my staff to get in touch with the family to help him. No one should suffer for the lack of money like this," he told PTI.
Singh, who is also a doctor, said he used to treat poor and marginalised people for free while he was practising.
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