The Tamil Nadu government headed by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has granted ₹10 lakh to airlift an ailing two-year old child from Türkiye on an air ambulance to Chennai.
According to an official release, the child and her father Manoj, a Kancheepuram native, were on their way to Chennai from San Francisco on September 7 when the daughter fell ill en route. After their flight made an emergency landing in Istanbul, she was admitted to the ICU. Since her father could not afford her treatment and she had respiration issues, it was advised that she be airlifted to Chennai.
On a request from the child’s parents to the Chief Minister, officials were instructed to facilitate her airlift to Chennai, the release added. Steps are being taken by the Non Resident Tamils Welfare Board for this.
