Acid Attack Survivor Who Acted In 'Chhapaak' Is Struggling For Her Father's Cancer Treatment!

For acid-attack survivor from Uttar Pradesh who was last seen in Chhapaak, time is tough. Priya Sharma is not able to find out any way of facilitating proper treatment for her father, who is struggling with cancer.

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Due to the ongoing lock-down and restrictive moment across states, Priya is unable to help her father in any way.

She posted about her plight on social media. Chandra Bhushan Singh, the District Magistrate of UP's Aligarh, responded to her and wrote,

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"The daughter of a cancer patient has been informed to submit an application before Aligarh city magistrate. She will be given permission to take her father to another city for treatment".

Even the UP government is willing to help people to get an e-pass who would have to travel during lockdown because of medical emergencies.

Sharma's father, Somdutt Sharma, 55, is a head constable with Uttar Pradesh Police and is currently posted to the Mainpuri district in the western part of the state. Her father was diagnosed with throat cancer in January and was being treated at a private hospital in Noida. In a video shared by her on Facebook, she said,

"His treatment was happening at Jaypee Hospital in Noida. But I have not been able to take him for treatment because of the lockdown. His condition became very bad in the past few days; he can't swallow anything. I called the district administration (helpline number 112) and they said to go to the police station."

She also added that even though she went to a local police station in Aligarh, she was told to arrange for a taxi and take her father to Delhi for treatment.

She said,

"The cops said no one will stop you. I asked what I would say if I was stopped on the way but they said nothing."

Ms. Sharma further confirmed that Noida hospital was sure that they would go ahead with the treatment only after they test COVID-19 negative. Aligarh's chief medical officer then met her and is further arranging for the test so that they could help her.

In her video message, she further added, "I was told new cancer patients were not being admitted. I tried to speak to a senior doctor but nobody responded. By that time the ambulance that dropped us to the hospital had left and the helpline said I needed referral papers for another one to come. I had to take my father back home in a rickshaw in this heat."

She also added, "My father served the police for 30 years but nobody in the administration has helped him. We have not been able to send his medical papers to the department in Mainpuri, so he has not received any salary either in these few months."

We hope she finds appropriate help soon.