A horrendous incident has come to light from Etahdistrict of Uttar Pradesh where a disabled man was duped by an ASHA worker onthe pretext of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The 40-year-old unmarried man underwent a vasectomy surgeryon July 11 in private conditions.
The victim has been identified as Dhruv Kumar, a nativeof Bishanpur village in the Etah district of Uttar Pradesh. According to thereports, an ASHA worker identified as Neelam Kumari, got Dhruv to the hospitalfrom his home to get the sterilization done so she could earn an incentive.
However, the ordeal of the incident by the victim’s familyis different. According to Ashok Kumar, brother of the victim, Neelam came to theirhouse on July 11 and sought permission to administer the Covid-19 vaccine to hisdeaf and mute brother. She further claimed that Dhruv will get Rs 3,000 forgetting his jab. She then took Dhruv to the district hospital.
"Instead of providing COVID-19 vaccine, she got mybrother sterilized. My brother was already weak. He fell unconscious afterreaching home. We took him to the district hospital. There, doctors asked us totake him to the SN Medical College in Agra," Ashok was quoted as saying byan eminent news agency.
Notably, a doctor at the district hospital told that the vasectomycannot be done on an unmarried man.
Going by the media reports, the accused Asha worker liedto Dhruv's family in order to achieve the target given to each block by thedistrict health department ahead of World Population Day on July 11. Shewanted to earn an incentive of Rs 400 for promoting sterilization, it added.
Pertinently, Dhruv’s family has lodged a complaint however,an FIR is yet to be registered. "Required action will be taken on thebasis of the health department’s probe findings," Awagarh police stationhouse officer Manvendra Tyagi said.
“Dhruv is married and has three kids,” claimed the CMO byadding “his wife has abandoned him as he does not do anything to earnlivelihood.”
“It is a domestic affair and the medical team need notconduct any probe to know whether he is married,” said CMO.