The incident of a Dalit farmer carrying the body of his four-year-old son on a motorbike from the government hospital at Madakasira to his village Hanumanthuni Palle of Amarapuram mandal in Sri Sathya Sai district created a flutter on October 17.
According to information, the boy, identified as Rushi, had been suffering from high fever for the last four days. His father Lingappa, a small farmer, had taken him to a private medical practitioner in the village for treatment.
However, at around 5 a.m. on October 17, the boy reportedly suffered an epileptic attack because of high temperature. Mr. Lingappa immediately took him to the government hospital at Madakasira, 40 km away, in a ‘108’ ambulance. Before reaching the hospital, the ambulance personnel performed CPR on the boy and put him on oxygen support system. On reaching the hospital, the duty doctors declared him “brought dead.”
