City won’t let him die

Sahina had a smile of hope on Tuesday after Delhiites from all walks of life offered help to save her almost brain-dead son Mujahid (14), who had been unceremoniously discharged from AIIMS, after two months of treatment, reports Chetan Chauhan.

Updated on: Aug 26, 2009, 01:30:02 IST

Hindustan Times | By Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi

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Sahina had a smile of hope on Tuesday after Delhiites from all walks of life offered help to save her almost brain-dead son Mujahid (14), who had been unceremoniously discharged from AIIMS, after two months of treatment.

The heart-rending story of Sahina saying she, “will have to watch her son die” was published in Hindustan Times on Tuesday, after which offers of help poured in.

On Wednesday, Max Hospital, Okhla will medically examine Mujahid to determine the line of treatment he requires to be back on his own feet.

“We, at Max India Foundation, the social service arm of Max India Group, would like to help Mujahid in whatever capacity possible,” said Mohini Daljeet Singh, head of the foundation.

Sanjay Gupta of Delhi-based NGO Chetna, which was looking after Mujahid for the last two months, said the cost of medical check-up would be known after his examination at Max Hospital.

“Once that is done, we will seek help from citizens at large.”

Avinash Kumar Singh, a first-year student of Ramjas College of Delhi University, said he was willing to raise funds from students of his college.

“We have spoken about Mujahid in our class, and all of us are willing to help him,” said Singh, who is also the class representative.

MNC executive Simran, 24, and her colleagues offered to pay part of their salary for Mujahid.

“My colleagues and I want to help him. We cannot let such a fine looking boy die because of poor medical facilities,” said Sangita Kaul, who works with Ranbaxy.

Software professional Somesh Singh called Chetna on Tuesday evening after his friend in the US offered to donate money for Mujahid.

Independent television producer Upender Singh also offered to pay some money for Mujahid’s medical check-up and rehabilitation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chetan Chauhan
Chetan Chauhan is the National Affairs Editor looking into all aspects of news and features from across India. A Chevening scholar with over three decades of experience in reporting and news management, Chetan has extensively covered all important aspects of the social sector, political economy, environment and climate change nationally and internationally. He did a journalism course at the Reuters Institute of Journalism in Oxford and Digital Media training at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He started as a reporter with The Statesman in 1996 and joined the Hindustan Times in 2000 in the metro bureau covering environment, crime and Delhi politics. He covered hot local news, from the Jessica Lal murder case to the rebellion of Delhi Congress MLAs against then Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, to the replacement of toxic vehicle fuel with cleaner compressed natural gas (CNG) in the national capital. Some of his stories on air pollution became part of the Supreme Court’s landmark MC Mehta versus Government of India case in the National Capital Region (NCR), forcing the government to take corrective measures. As part of the national political bureau since 2004, he covered important central sectors such as environment, education, social justice, labour, rural development, water resources, renewable energy, agriculture, broadcasting and the Planning Commission for more than a decade producing several exclusive and investigative breaking stories. His specialisation is the environment, having covered at least a dozen United Nations global conferences on climate change, biodiversity and wildlife including climate summits in Paris, Copenhagen and Bali. He also covered India’s two five-year plans ---11th and 12th and reported on drafting and execution of right based laws such as Right to Education, Right to Information and rural job guarantee law, MG-NREGA, now being introduced in new format as VG-RAM-G Act. He has in-depth knowledge of social sector issues. He was one of the first to report on tigers vanishing from Sariska and Panna wildlife reserves in 2004 and 2008, respectively, leading to the setting up of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the introduction of stringent penal provisions for poaching. He has written extensively on the rising human-animal conflict in India and the degradation of India’s biodiversity hotspots because of mining and other activities. Since 2004, Chetan has covered Parliament comprehensively and participated in training on the nuanced coverage of Parliament proceedings. He has travelled extensively across India to cover national and provincial elections since 1998, especially in the Hindi heartland states, considered India’s road to power. He writes a regular column for Hindustan Times, Ecostani, on important national politics, economy, Himalayan ecology and environmental issues. His other responsibilities include providing inputs for edits and edit page articles for the publication, apart from managing news flow from across India.Read More

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